| DOS/WINDOWS |
UNIX/LINUX |
Action and Examples |
| command /? |
command --help
man |
Show syntax and help of any
following command
this also shows the manual of any word |
| DIR |
ls -l (or use ls -lF)(-a all files)
(df -k Space remaining on filesystem) |
List directory contents |
| DIR /S filename |
find -name filename.* |
search the filename in all
subdirectories |
| TREE |
ls -R |
List directory recursivly |
| CD |
cd |
Change directory |
| MKDIR |
mkdir |
Make a new directory |
| RMDIR |
rmdir |
Remove a directory |
| CHDIR |
pwd |
Display directory location |
| DEL |
rm |
Remove a file |
RMDIR /S
(2000/XP)
DELTREE (Win 9x...) |
rm -R |
Remove all directories and files
below given directory |
| COPY |
cp -p |
Copy a file |
| XCOPY |
cp -R |
Copy all file of directory
recursivly |
| RENAME or MOVE |
mv |
Rename/move a file |
| TYPE |
cat |
Dump contents of a file to users
screen |
| MORE |
more |
Pipe output a single page at a
time |
| HELP or COMMAND/? |
man |
Online manuals |
| CLS |
clear |
Clear screen |
| EXIT |
exit |
Exit a shell |
| FIND |
grep |
Look for a word in files given
in command line |
| FC |
diff |
Compare two files and show
differences. Also see mgdiff and tkdiff. |
| SET |
set and env |
Show environment variables |
| ECHO
text |
echo
text |
Echo text to screen |
| SET
variable |
setenv (for C shell) or export (for Korn
shell) |
Set environment variables |
| PATH |
echo $PATH |
Display search path for
executables |
| DATE or TIME |
date |
Show date. (also set date - DOS
only) |
| SORT |
sort |
Sort data
alphabetically/numerically |
| EDIT
filename.txt |
pico, gnp, vi, xedit, xemacs,dtpad |
Edit a file. The Linux editor
which looks most like DOS edit is probably Pico.
(Not a recomendation!) |
| \ |
/ |
Directory path delimiter |
| .\ |
./ |
Current directory |
| ..\ |
../ |
Parent directory |
| BACKUP files A:\ |
tar -cvf /dev/fd0 files
mdir, mcopy
doswrite -a file (AIX only) |
Save files to floppy/tapedrive.
example: tar -cvf /dev/fd0 /myfoldername
for floppy
tar -cvf /dev/st0 /myfoldername for
tapes |
| RESTORE A:\ files |
tar -xvf /dev/fd0 files
mdir, mcopy
dosread -a file (AIX only) |
Restore/extract files from floppy/tapedrive.
example: tar -xvf /dev/st0 /myfoldername
for tapes
To see the content of your backup
use this: tar -tvf /dev/st0 |
| ATTRIB +h or -h |
mv file .file
|
Change file to a hidden file -
rename file with prefix "." |
| PRINT |
lpr
|
Print a file
|
| MEM |
free
top |
Show free memory on system
|
| MSD |
lsdev
|
Show system info (Command
borrowed from AIX) |
SCANDISK
DEFRAG C: |
fsck
debugfs |
Check and repair hard drive file
system |
| FDISK |
fdisk
|
Tool to partition a hard drive. |
| FORMAT |
mke2fs
See: fdformat and mformat for floppies |
Format drive file system.
For floppy drive use see YoLinux Tutorial Using
DOS Floppies with Linux |
| VER |
uname -a
|
Operating system version
|
| pkzip |
tar and zip
|
Compress and uncompress
files/directories. Use tar to create compilation
of a directory before compressing. Linux also
has compress, gzip
|
| HOSTNAME |
hostname |
Print host name of computer |
| PING |
ping |
Send packets to a network host |
| TRACERT |
traceroute |
Show routes and router hops to
given network destination. |
IPCONFIG
(2000/xp)
WINIPCFG (Win9x)
|
ifconfig |
Display/configure network
interface |
NBTSTAT (Netbios
info: -n, -c)
NBTSTAT -a host-name
NBTSTAT -A IP-address |
nslookup host-name
host host-name
dig host-name |
Print DNS info for host. |
| ROUTE PRINT |
route -n |
Print routing table. |
| NET SEND <node-name>
<message>
(NT) |
smbclient -M MS-Windows-host-name
talk |
Send pop-up to a MS/Windows PC
Send message to another Unix/Linux user. See
YoLinux tutorial |
| WIN |
startx |
Start X-Windows |
