I just noticed that the Command prompt is one of the six most used applications on my computer:
![Windows XP Start menu showing the Command prompt](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5908/2021/c69a26577c.png)
There are two conclusions to be made from this: I am a senile old MS-DOS lover and I definitely need Linux, or at least Cygwin, to have more powerful command-line options.