Take Command Console

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>TCC is based on the earlier <a href="/facts/4DOS/oFabDkBp">4DOS</a> command shell for <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/4OS2/XoBHq4A1">4OS2</a> for <a href="/facts/OS%2f2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>Beginning with version 12 of 4NT, support for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT and 2000 were removed. Beginning with version 16 of TCC, support for Windows XP was removed,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> although it might still run in XP. 4NT was renamed to Take Command Console as part of JP Software's Take Command version 9. Beginning with version 9, the name Take Command was applied to an entirely different assembly of products: TCI (Tabbed Command Interface) and 4NT.  The original Take Command is no longer being developed.  TCI was expanded to include a file manager and various other windows, while 4NT was renamed TCC, and issued in "light" form.
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<h2 id="features">Features</h2>
<p>TCC provides a rich set of <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">command line</a> and <a href="/facts/Batch_file/E6wMVSyb">batch programming</a> capabilities. It can work in conjunction with other <a href="/facts/Scripting_language/8pF4ajBL">scripting languages</a>, such as <a href="/facts/REXX/hAzh6FeR">REXX</a>, <a href="/facts/Ruby_(programming_language)/BeYSaPSR">Ruby</a> and <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a>, or <a href="/facts/Windows_Script_Host/xJ0qFfo9">Windows Scripting languages</a>, in the form of <a href="/facts/Active_Scripting/0v27X50A">Active Scripting</a> engines such as <a href="/facts/VBScript/tg6VhSCk">VBScript</a> and <a href="/facts/JScript/HyuCUU2D">JScript</a> as well as <a href="/facts/PerlScript/uydYqvDj">PerlScript</a> (via <a href="/facts/ActivePerl/uydYqvDj">ActivePerl</a>), <a href="/facts/TclScript/B4oK1d29">TclScript</a> (via <a href="/facts/ActiveTcl/B4oK1d29">ActiveTcl</a>), <a href="/facts/PythonScript/B4oK1d29">PythonScript</a> (via <a href="/facts/ActivePython/B4oK1d29">ActivePython</a>), and the scripting engine version of <a href="/facts/Object_REXX/E7CoEr7D">Object REXX</a> to provide greater access to the <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a>.
</p><p>TCC features a number of enhancements when compared to CMD.EXE<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<ul><li>Additional commands</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a> commands (msgbox, querybox, etc.)</li>
<li>Extended functionality of existing commands</li>
<li>Extended <a href="/facts/Batch_file/E6wMVSyb">batch file</a> processing facilities</li>
<li>Support for command <a href="/facts/Alias_(command)/BL5hJMxl">aliases</a>, also in scripts</li>
<li>Enhanced <a href="/facts/Wildcard_character/LErwSxvh">wildcards</a> and the ability to filter by file sizes, date and time stamps, etcetera</li>
<li>Context-specific offline or online help</li>
<li>Colored directory listings</li>
<li>More internal variables</li>
<li>Variable functions</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">Integrated development environment</a> (IDE)</li>
<li>An interactive <a href="/facts/Debugger/mCe6UsWj">debugger</a> for batch files, including a built-in <a href="/facts/Syntax_highlighting/cLCr5a6w">syntax highlighting</a> <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a></li>
<li>Configuration stored in an <a href="/facts/INI_file/3QR1Etqo">INI file</a></li>
<li>Support for several <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">internet</a> <a href="/facts/Communication_protocol/5uady7cB">communication protocols</a>:
<ul><li><a href="/facts/File_Transfer_Protocol/THuWgzfw">File Transfer Protocol</a> (FTP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol/TslBlcvJ">Trivial File Transfer Protocol</a> (TFTP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/FTPS/6DMVBUCX">FTPS</a> (FTP Secure)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/HTTP/TWtvf7JD">HTTP</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/HTTPS/MSWYz4zo">HTTPS</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/XMPP/hgulEuRA">Jabber</a> <a href="/facts/Instant_messaging/8lwwDyjK">instant messaging</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Support for <a href="/facts/Plug-in_(computing)/351Du3Wu">plugins</a> to provide custom functionality</li>
<li>Multiple command shells in <a href="/facts/Tab_(GUI)/YswKP5Mg">tabbed</a> windows<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul>
<h3>Take Command</h3>
<p>Take Command is a <a href="/facts/Command-line_interpreter/R9JpGmXQ">command-line interpreter</a> for the <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> line of operating systems. Its advantages over the regular <a href="/facts/Command_Prompt_(Windows)/FUmTvew6">command shell</a> are analogous to those of <a href="/facts/4DOS/oFabDkBp">4DOS</a> over the <a href="/facts/COMMAND.COM/06Sz5wle">COMMAND.COM</a> supplied with <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a>. 
</p><p>Beginning with version 9, Tabbed Console Interface and 4NT have been merged into the Take Command product line. 4NT was renamed to Take Command Console, with a Lite Edition (TCC/LE) released as <a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">freeware</a>. Take Command includes a <a href="/facts/Tabbed_document_interface/YswKP5Mg">tabbed interface</a>, configurable toolbars, and an integrated graphical <a href="/facts/File_manager/t7CSQ40a">file explorer</a>. Take Command adds a built-in batch file editor and debugger, FTP and HTTP file access in commands, network file system access, <a href="/facts/Active_Scripting/0v27X50A">Active Scripting</a> integration, system monitoring commands, and <a href="/facts/Windows_service/qzNquuK6">Windows service</a> controls.
</p><p>Features of note include:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Alias_(command)/BL5hJMxl">Command aliases</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Command-line_completion/MFaxnWrl">Command-line completion</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Command_history/nnyw8DFc">Command history</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Glob_(programming)/IIPcqW8o">File globbing</a> / <a href="/facts/Wildcard_character/LErwSxvh">Wildcards</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Redirection_(computing)/0qhx445L">Redirection</a> and <a href="/facts/Pipeline_(software)/vNahQdsH">piping</a></li>
<li>Direct access to <a href="/facts/File_Transfer_Protocol/THuWgzfw">FTP</a>, <a href="/facts/Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol/TslBlcvJ">TFTP</a> and <a href="/facts/HTTP/TWtvf7JD">HTTP</a></li>
<li>Context-specific <a href="/facts/Online_help/dAzE62xs">online help</a></li>
<li>Colored directory listings</li>
<li>Variable functions</li>
<li>Fully customizable</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_command_shells/VjrMgygY">Comparison of command shells</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.jpsoft.com/">JP Software</a></li>
<li><a href="https://4dos.info/">4DOS.INFO</a> – Klaus Meinhard's 4DOS support site with many batch examples, related docs and programs</li>
<li><a href="news:comp.os.msdos.4dos">comp.os.msdos.4dos</a> – Usenet group covering 4DOS and other JP Software shells; also accessible via <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.msdos.4dos">Google Groups</a> (historic, now obsolete)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Take Command is a powerful Windows GUI command interpreter", todaysoftware.net <a href="http://www.todaysoftware.net/windows/system-utilities/shell-tools/take-command/" target="_blank">http://www.todaysoftware.net/windows/system-utilities/shell-tools/take-command/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Review: Take Command 14 command line utility is easier to use than PowerShell" by Erez Zukerman, PC World, 30 November 2012 <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2017447/review-take-command-14-command-line-utility-is-easier-to-use-than-powershell.html" target="_blank">http://www.pcworld.com/article/2017447/review-take-command-14-command-line-utility-is-easier-to-use-than-powershell.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Nathan A. Culp (2 February 2014). "Take Command Is the Best Kept Secret in the Computer Programming Industry!". Beaufort, South Carolina: The Computer Repair Man. <a href="http://the-computer-repair-man.com/take-command-is-the-best-kept-secret-in-the-computer-programming-industry/" target="_blank">http://the-computer-repair-man.com/take-command-is-the-best-kept-secret-in-the-computer-programming-industry/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Take Command and TCC/LE Downloads <a href="https://jpsoft.com/all-downloads/downloads.html" target="_blank">https://jpsoft.com/all-downloads/downloads.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Product Comparison: <a href="http://jpsoft.com/Comparison.html" target="_blank">http://jpsoft.com/Comparison.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Ian Harac (23 September 2009). "Take Command review". PC Advisor. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083539/http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/programming-software/take-command-review-3202515/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083539/http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/programming-software/take-command-review-3202515/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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