TCC is a pumped-up substitute for the normal command line Windows. It was designed primarily for sysadmins and hardcore nerds, and they liked it. If the conventional Windows Command Prompt has only forty built-in commands, this monster has almost 235, plus a slew of system variables and built-in functions.
Whoever lacks the essential Windows capabilities to automate ordinary tasks and build complicated scripts should surely download TCC from us for free. The archive contains both the installer and a functioning quack.
The software recognizes normal batches and console utilities, but dealing with them is considerably more pleasurable. The TCC kernel is based on the classic 4DOS project, hence it employs extremely sophisticated alias processing methods.
Examples of coolers:
- In a standard CMD, you simply hit TAB and iterate over the files. TCC may supplement network routes, server names, and even show a handy pop-up window for easy selection of the correct directory with the mouse.
- Instead of tediously scrolling through arrows, there is a full-fledged history pane with search, parameter editing on the fly, and session logs saved in a separate text file.
- The basic shell only recognizes the asterisk and the question mark. TCC, on the other hand, swallows up complicated regular expressions (RegEx) and allows you to employ masks directly in folder names on the file path.
What we receive:
- Integrated step-by-step script debugger to detect floating problems
- Use of complicated conditional constructs directly in the call string.
- Intelligent directory navigation without an additional set of paths.
- Conveniently separate active sessions amongst processes and integrate with additional scripting languages such as Perl and Python.
In terms of analogies, I would point out that Microsoft PowerShell is undoubtedly more powerful due to object-oriented work with.NET, but its syntax is quite convoluted and redundant for basic system chores. There are emulators such as ConEmu.
