| DOS
COMMANDS |
Linux
EQUIVALENTS |
ACTION |
| help |
man |
display detailed command information |
| dir |
ls -l (ls -al or ls -AL) |
lists files with details |
| cd dir |
cd dir |
change directory
NOTE: in UNIX cd by itself returns user to home dir) |
| cd |
pwd |
present working directory displayed |
| type filename | more |
more filename (or page or pg or less) |
display files page by page |
| dir /w |
ls |
lists file names without details |
| type |
cat or more or less |
display file contents
( recommend using more in UNIX, less in Linux) |
| comp |
diff or cmp |
compare 2 files |
| copy |
cp |
copy file |
| xcopy |
cpio |
copy entire directory structure |
| diskcopy |
dump |
copy disk images |
| del |
rm |
remove file |
| deltree /y |
rm -r |
remove subdirectories of files |
| rmdir or rd |
rmdir (or rm -r) |
remove a directory |
| mkdir or md |
mkdir |
create a directory |
| rename or ren |
mv |
rename file |
| commandname -? |
commandname --help (GNU feature) |
display summary of command line options |
| attrib |
chmod |
change file attributes |
| find |
grep |
find strings in files |
| date, time |
date |
change date & time |
| chkdsk |
df -k |
display free disk space |
| print |
lp |
print a file |
| pkzip |
gzip & tar |
compress files and bundle them into one file |
| edlin |
ed |
basic/crude text editor (underlying editor for vi) |
| edit |
gedit |
visual text editor - (use vi in a shell) |
| fdisk |
fdisk |
partition hard drive |
| c:\ |
/ |
top "root" directory |
| c:\dos or c:\windows |
/etc, /bin, /usr/bin |
directories where most operating system
commands reside |
| "ctrl-alt-del" keys |
run "/etc/shutdown -r" or click on
the reboot button in the user interface |
method of rebooting system |
| turn off the power switch |
run "/etc/shutdown -h", or click on
the halt button in the Gnome user interface, then turn off the
power switch |
method of shutting down the system
NEVER TURN OFF POWER TO A Linux SYSTEM - use shutdown! |
| "pause" key |
"ctrl-s" keys |
pause screen output |
| "ctrl-c" keys |
"ctrl-c" keys |
terminate a program |
