How to set cmd commands so they always have some switches turned on?

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To illustrate on an example; instead of dir I want every time to show dir/od (sort by last modified).

How can I make dir behave like this without typing /od switch every time?

I know of doskey; is there any other way?

EDIT: I'm not looking for just dircmd, but a way for other commands as well ... rd /s for example.

You could try this suggestion and include the switches, but you may get a collision if you reuse a name lie 'dir' or something. unix.com/302235876-post4.html
You should have chosen a different example, because now everyone is going to tell you about dircmd and forget that that was only one example. ☺
Sadly, there only seems to be variables for dir, copy, and move (dircmd and copycmd respectively). There is no forcmd despite—perhaps because of?—the complexity of the for command).

aphoria · Answer 1 · 2012-01-16 14:15:57Z

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Create an environment variable called DIRCMD and set the value to the switches you want.

To test it, at a command prompt type SET DIRCMD=/OD. To make it permanent, setup the varible in the system properties.

answered Jan 16 at 14:15

	"DIRCMD" ... that works for other commands as well, e.g. "COPYCMD" and alike? – ldigas Jan 16 at 14:39
	`COPYCMD` will work too. Other commands you will have to test...from a `CMD` prompt type `COMMANDNAME /?` to see what your options are. – aphoria Jan 16 at 16:09
	Okey, two bad examples ... but I got the point. – ldigas Jan 16 at 16:15
	@Idigas Unfortunately, there is no universal method. – aphoria Jan 17 at 14:03

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