DOS & Linux Equivalencies

Comparing basic DOS and Linux Commands

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Windows commands…

Unix commands…

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DIRDIR /W

ls -lls

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CHDIRCD

cdpwd

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DELERASE

rm

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(DELTREE) ..or.. (RD /S) or.. (RMDIR /S)

rm -r

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COPY

cp

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XCOPY

cp -R

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RENAME ..or.. REN ..or.. MOVE

mv

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TYPE

cat

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HELP<command> /?

mancommand --help

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CLS (clear screen)

clear<control> l <={Lowercase L}

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FIND

grep

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FC (compare two files and show differences)

diff

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SET(show environment variables)

envset

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SET variable(set environment variable)

export

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EDIT filename

piconanovi

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ATTRIB +h

mv file .file

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MEM

freetop

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SCANDISK

fsck (/sbin)

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DEFRAG C:\

debugfs (/sbin)

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FORMAT

mke2fs (/sbin)other mk* for various file systems

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PKZIP

gziptar (often used with –z)

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TRACERT

traceroute (/usr/sbin)

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IPCONFIG

ifconfig (/sbin)

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NBTSTAT –a hostname

nslookup hostname (deprecated)dig hostname (/usr/sbin)host hostname (/usr/sbin)

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ROUTE PRINT(display routing table)

route -n

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NET SEND host/ip message(send message to other computer)

smbclient –M Windows Hosts (/usr/bin)talk Linux Hosts

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