DIR to Sort Results

Don't miss that you can use a switch with the DIR directory command in Windows command prompt to sort files in a particular order. The switch '/O' followed by a colon followed by a particular letter for file size, file type, or something else will generate a list in a particular order. So, for example this command:

dir /O:S

. . . will sort the files in order according to their file size.

This command:

dir /O:E

. . . will sort the files by their file type.

Windows command to check network status

You can use the netsh command in Windows in order to check your internet connection. This command:

netsh interface show interface

The command will show your network cable internet connection; your wifi connection; and your local area network connections.

windows command to get size of files in folder

It can take a while for Windows 10 to calculate the data size of the files in a single directory. You can use the following script in command prompt to get the total size more quickly:

powershell -noprofile -command "ls -r|measure -sum Length"

The command gives us the file count and the number of bytes, which is 409 MB. Powershell can be activated from command prompt.

Thanks to kaartic for this idea posted here.