.cmd
4 claimants
1 primary
3 secondary
unambiguous primary
SWH popularity
Distinct files in the full Software Heritage archive (2026-06-04 export), dated by first appearance, following Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz (MSR 2025). Case-aggregated. citation.
4.4M
total files
1.4M
first seen 2021–2025 (31.5%)
2018
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .cmd (4.3M), .CMD (68.6K), .Cmd (458), .cMd (9), .CMd (4), .CmD (2), .cmD (2) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Rexx as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: △ Linguist · secondary △ Pygments · secondary ✓ Wikidata · Q685820 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (6)
Languages that list
.cmd among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Rexx | wikidata | primary |
| Batch | pygments | secondary |
| Batchfile | linguist | secondary |
| Batchfile | pygments | secondary |
| Batchfile | wikidata | secondary |
| WinBatch | pygments | secondary |
Wikidata says… (1)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.cmd on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
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URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| batch file Q479833 script file for Microsoft computer operating systems | file format; script file | — | application/x-bat | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .cmd in our local mirror yet.