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    Welcome, Guest · RSS 2025-07-02, 7:26 PM
    Main » 2014 » February » 13 » Command Comparison
    9:42 PM
    Command Comparison
    DIR ls -l (or use ls -lF)(-a all files)
    (df -k Space remaining on filesystem)    		 List directory contents
    DIR *.* /o-d
    DIR *.* /v /os
    DIR /s
    DIR /aa    		 ls -tr
    ls -ls
    ls -R
    ls -a    		 List directory contents by reverse time of modification/creation.
    List files and size
    List directory/sub-directory contents recursively.
    List hidden files.
    TREE ls -R List directory recursivly
    CD cd Change directory
    MKDIR
    MD    		 mkdir Make a new directory
    ASSIGN ln Create a file or directory link
    RMDIR
    RD    		 rmdir Remove a directory
    CHDIR pwd Display directory location
    DEL
    ERASE    		 rm -iv Remove a file
    RMDIR /S (NT)
    DELTREE (Win 95...)    		 rm -R Remove all directories and files below given directory
    COPY cp -piv Copy a file
    XCOPY cp -R Copy all file of directory recursivly
    RENAME or MOVE mv -iv 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
    ctrl-l    		 Clear screen
    EXIT
    EXIT0    		 exit
    exit 0    		 Exit a shell
    FIND
    FINDSTR    		 grep Look for a word in files given in command line
    COMP diff Compare two files and show differences. Also see comm, cmp, mgdiff and tkdiff.
    FC diff Compare two files and show differences. Also see comm, cmp, mgdiff and tkdiff.
    SET set and env List all environment variables
    SET variable=value
    echo %variable%    		 set

    export variable=value
    echo $variable

    		 Set environment variables
    Show environment variables
    ECHO text echo text Echo text to screen
    SET variable setenv (for C shell) or export VAR=val (for Korn shell. Also VAR=val) Set environment variables
    PATH
    PATH %PATH%;C:\DIR    		 echo $PATH
    PATH=$PATH:/dir    		 Display search path for executables.
    Set PATH environment variable.
    PROMPT $p$g export PS1='\h(\u)\W> ' Set user command prompt.
    DATE or TIME date Show date. (also set date - DOS only)
    DOSKEY /h history List command history
    DOSKEY NAME=command alias NAME=command Set command alias
    BREAK ON trap Trap ctrl-break / Trap signals.
    SORT sort Sort data alphabetically/numerically
    EDLIN ed Line mode editor
    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!)
    BACKUP files A:\ tar -cvf /dev/fd0 files
    mdir, mcopy
    doswrite -a file (AIX only)    		 Save files to floppy.
    See Using DOS floppies
    RESTORE A:\ files tar -xvf /dev/fd0 files
    mdir, mcopy
    dosread -a file (AIX only)    		 Read files from floppy.
    See Using DOS floppies
    ATTRIB [+r|-r] [+a|-a] [+s|-s] [path\file] /s chmod Change file permissions. DOS: +:set to -:remove r:Read only a:Archive s:System /s:recursively
    ATTRIB +h or -h mv file .file Change file to a hidden file - rename file with prefix "."
    PRINT lpr Print a file
    CALL
    COMMAND /C (DOS), CMD (NT)    		 source script (cshrc)
    . script (bash)
    sh script    		 Execute script from within batch shell.
    MEM free
    top    		 Show free memory on system
    TASKLIST (WIN2K, XP) ps -aux
    top    		 List executable name, process ID number and memory usage of active processes
    MSD lsdev Show system info (Command borrowed from AIX)
    SCANDISK
    DEFRAG C:    		 fsck
    debugfs    		 Check and repair hard drive file system
    CHDISK du -s Disk usage.
    FDISK fdisk Tool to partition a hard drive.
    SUBST V: C:\directory\path mount Mount a drive letter to a folder/directory on your 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
    echo $SHELL
    cat /etc/issue    		 Operating system/shell 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 (NT)
    WINIPCFG (Win 95...)
    		 ifconfig Display/configure network interface
    NBTSTAT (Netbios info: -n, -c)
    NBTSTAT -A IP-address    		 nslookup host-name
    host host-name    		 Print DNS info for host.
    NBTSTAT -a hostname nmblookup -A hostname lookup NetBIOS names.
    ROUTE PRINT route -n Print routing table.
    NET HELP START chkconfig --list |grep on List services.
    NET STARTservice-name
    NET STOPservice-name    		 service service-name start
    service service-name stop    		 Start/stop service/daemon.
    NET SHARES df Show mounted shares/filesystems.
    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.
    REBOOT shutdown -r now Reboot system.

    Shell Descriptor/Operators:

    DOS Descriptor/Operator UNIX or Bash Descriptor/Operator Description
    \ / Directory path delimiter
    .\ ./ Current directory
    ..\ ../ Parent directory
    ctrl-z ctrl-d End of file/close shell
    ctrl-c ctrl-c Interrupt/process break
    * * file name wild card
    ? ? Single character wild card
    %VAR% $VAR Variable prefix
    %1 %2 %3 $1 $2 $3 First, second and third shell command line arguments.
    / - Command line option flag prefix
    | | Pipe
    > > stdout redirection
    >> >> stdout redirection overwrite
    < < stdin redirection

    Shell Script Operators:

    DOS Operator UNIX or Bash Operator Description
    @
    ECHO OFF    		 set +v Set verbose mode off. -v: Echo each line of shell script as it is executed.
    % $ command line argument prefix. DOS: %1 Bash: $1 for firs argument.
    REM # Comment. (Not processed.)
    == = string "equal to" comparison
    !==! != string "not equal to" comparison
    NOT ! negative of test expression
    CHOICE case case/switch statement
    IF

    IF EXIST C:\filename

    IF NOT EXIST C:\filename

    		 if [[ test-resulting-in-bool ]];
    then
    ...
    elif ...;
    then
    ...
    else
    ...
    fi

    if [ -e /dir/filename ];
    then

    if [ ! -e /dir/filename ];
    then

    		 if-test

    If file exists

    If file does not exist.
    GOTO ABC
    ...
    :ABC    		 goto ABC
    ...
    :ABC    		 Branch
    FOR ... IN ... DO

    FOR %%fff IN (C:\dir\*.*)
    DO echo %%fff

    		 for ffiillee in lliisstt;
    do ...;
    done

    for (( expr1; expr2; expr3; ))
    do ...;
    done

    		 For loop
    ERRORLEVEL $? exit status/return code
    PAUSE sleep sleep for specified interval

    Bash shell aliases for DOS users:

    The following are bash shell aliases which can be added to the system profile or the user's personal profile ($HOME/.bashrc) to correct and help DOS users on Linux. 

    alias dir="echo 'Use the command: ls -lF'"
    alias tree="echo 'Use the command: ls -R'"
    alias del="echo 'Use the command: rm -iv'"
    alias move="echo 'Use the command: mv -iv'"
    alias rename="echo 'Use the command: mv -iv'"
    alias copy="echo 'Use the command: cp -piv'"
    alias type="echo 'Use the command: cat'"
    alias cls="echo 'Use the command: clear'"
    alias mem="echo 'Use the command: free'"
    alias ver="echo 'Use the command: uname -a'"
    alias A:="echo 'Use the command: mdir a:'"
    alias a:="A:"
    alias C:="echo 'No C drive in Linux. Go to your home directory with the command: cd'"
    alias c:="C:"

    Devices:

    DOS Device Linux Device Description
    NUL /dev/null Send into nothingness
    CON stdin stdin from console
    PRN
    LPT1    		 /dev/lp0 First printer device
    COM1 /dev/ttyS0 Firsst serial port

    Equivalent Linux and MS/Windows GUI Applications:

    MS/Windows Command Linux Command Description
    C:\WINDOWS\cmd gnome-terminal
    konsole    		 Command Text Terminal
    C:\WINDOWS\explorer nautilus --no-desktop File browser
    c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore firefox
    mozilla    		 Web browser
    C:\WINDOWS\notepad
    C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad    		 gedit Text editor
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\winword
    excel
    powerpnt    		 oowriter
    oocalc
    ooimpress    		 MS/Office and Open Office suites (ooffice)
    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\acrord32 acroread Adobe PDF viewer
    mspaint tuxpaint
    xfig
    gimp    		 Graphics and painting program
    C:\Program Files\WinZip\winzip32 file-roller File compress / decompress / pack / unpack
    taskmgr ksysguard
    qps
    gnome-system-monitor
    xosview    		 Process and system load monitor
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