DOS Command | UNIX or Bash Command | Action |
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 | | 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. |
RESTORE A:\ files | tar -xvf /dev/fd0 files
mdir, mcopy
dosread -a file (AIX only) | Read files from floppy. |
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
fdformat and mformat for floppies | Format drive file system. |
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 (NT) | smbclient -M MS-Windows-host-name
talk | Send pop-up to a MS/Windows PC
Send message to another Unix/Linux user. |
WIN | startx | Start X-Windows. |
REBOOT | shutdown -r now | Reboot system. |
Monday, December 26, 2011
Anu
