DOS VS LINUX

DOS Vs Linux DOS Command

LINUX Command Action

DIR ls -l List directory contents

TREE ls R List directory recursively

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

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DOS Command LINUX Command

Action

RMDIR /S (NT)DELTREE (Win 95...)

rm -r Remove all directories and files below given directory

COPY cp Copy a file

XCOPY cp -r Copy all file of directory recursively

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

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DOS Command

LINUX Command Action

CLS clear Clear screen

EXIT exit Exit a shell

FIND find Look for a word in files given in command line

FC diff Compare two files and show differences. Also see mgdiffand tkdiff.

SET set and env Show environment variables

ECHO text echo text Echo text to screen

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BACKUP files A:\ tar -cvf /dev/fd0 files Save backup files to floppy

RESTORE A:\ files tar -xvf /dev/fd0 files Read files from floppy. See Using DOS floppies

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)

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DOS Command LINUX Command Action

SCANDISK DEFRAG C: fsck Check and repair hard drive file system

FDISK fdisk Tool to partition a hard drive.

FORMAT mke2fs See: fdformat for floppy

Format drive file system. For floppy drive use see YoLinux Tutorial Using DOS Floppies with Linux

VER uname -a Operating system version

pkzip tar, gzip and bzip2 Compress and uncompress files/directories. Use tar to create Linux also has compress, gzip

HOSTNAME hostname Print host name of computer

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DOS Command LINUX Command Action

PING ping Send packets to a network host

TRACERT traceroute Show routes and router hops to given network destination.

IPCONFIG (NT)WINIPCFG (Win 95...) ifconfig Display/configure network interface

NBTSTAT (Netbios info: -n, -c)NBTSTAT -a host-nameNBTSTAT -A IP-address

nslookup host-name Print DNS info for host.

ROUTE PRINT route -n Print routing table.

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DOS Command

LINIUX Command Action

SET variable

export variable nameSet 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 vim

Edit a file. The Linux editor which looks most like DOS edit is probably Pico.

\ / Directory path delimiter

.\ ./ Current directory

..\ ../ Parent directory

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DOS Command LINUX Command Action

BACKUP files A:\tar -cvf /dev/fd0 files

Save backup files to floppy

RESTORE A:\ filestar -xvf /dev/fd0 files

Read files from floppy. See Using DOS floppies

ATTRIB +h or -h mv file .fileChange file to a hidden file - rename file with prefix "."

PRINT lpr Print a file

MEM free top

Show free memory on system

MSD lsdevShow system info (Command borrowed from AIX)

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