Its implementations differ between operating systems, but the behavior and basic set of commands are consistent.
The initial version of cmd.exe for Windows NT was developed by Therese Stowell.
[7] The ReactOS implementation of cmd.exe is derived from FreeCOM, the FreeDOS command line interpreter.
[9] For example:On Windows XP or later, the maximum length of the string that can be used at the command prompt is 8191 (213-1) characters.
[10] Quotation marks are required for the following special characters:[8] and white space.