Linux vs Windows Commands

Most of us think that Linux has terminal and we can use a command-line interface only in Linux but it is just a myth. There is a PowerShell and a command prompt in windows as well where we may execute the commands easily. But Windows and Linux have commands with the same name as well.

SNo.	Windows	Linux	Description
1.	dir	ls -l	Directory listing
2.	ren	mv	Rename a file
3.	copy	cp	Copying a file
4.	move	mv	Moving a file
5.	cls	clear	Clear Screen
6.	del	rm	Delete file
7.	fc	diff	Compare contents of files
8.	find	grep	Search for a string in a file
9.	command /?	man command	Display the manual/help details of the command
10.	chdir	pwd	Returns your current directory location
11.	time	date	Displays the time
12.	cd	cd	Change the current directory
13.	md	mkdir	To create a new directory/folder
14.	echo	echo	To print something on the screen
15.	edit	vim(depends on editor)	To write in to files.
16.	exit	exit	To leave the terminal/command window.
17.	format	mke2fs or mformat	To format a drive/partition.
18.	free	mem	To display free space.
19.	rmdir	rm -rf/rmdir	To delete a directory.
20.	taskkill	kill	To kill a task.
21.	tasklist	ps x	To list running tasks.
22.	set var=value	export var=value	To set environment variables.
23.	attrib	chown/chmod	To change file permissions.
24.	tracert	traceroute	To print the route packets trace to network host.
25.	at	cron	daemon to execute scheduled commands.
26.	type	cat	To print contents of a file.
27.	ping	ping	To send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts.
28.	nslookup	nslookup	To query Internet name servers interactively.
29.	chdisk	du -s	For disk usage.
30.	tree	ls -R	To list directory recursively.

Examples:

1. Listing Directories and files in the current folder/directory. For Windows: For Linux: 2. Renaming a file. For Windows: For Linux: