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DOS VS LINUX

DOS Vs Linux
DOS
Command

LINUX Command

Action

DIR

ls -l

List directory contents

TREE

ls R

List directory
recursively

CD

cd

Change directory

MKDIR

mkdir

Make a new directory

RMDIR

rmdir

Remove a directory

CHDIR

pwd

Display directory
location

DEL

rm

Remove a file

DOS Vs Linux
DOS Command

LINUX
Command

Action

RMDIR /S (NT)
DELTREE (Win 95...)

rm -r

Remove all directories and files below given


directory

COPY

cp

Copy a file

XCOPY

cp -r

Copy all file of directory recursively

RENAME or MOVE

mv

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
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DOS
Command

LINUX
Command

Action

CLS

clear

Clear screen

EXIT

exit

Exit a shell

FIND

find

Look for a word in files given in command line

FC

diff

Compare two files and show differences. Also see mgdiff


and tkdiff.

SET

set and env

Show environment variables

ECHO text

echo text

Echo text to screen


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DOS Command

LINUX Command

Action

BACKUP files A:\

tar -cvf /dev/fd0


files

Save backup files to floppy

RESTORE A:\ files

tar -xvf /dev/fd0


files

Read files from floppy.


See Using DOS floppies

ATTRIB +h or -h

mv file .file

Change file to a hidden file - rename file


with prefix "."

PRINT

lpr

Print a file

MEM

free
top

Show free memory on system

MSD

lsdev

Show system info (Command borrowed


from AIX)
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DOS Command

LINUX Command

Action

SCANDISK
DEFRAG C:

fsck

Check and repair hard drive file system

FDISK

fdisk

Tool to partition a hard drive.

mke2fs
See: fdformat for
floppy

Format drive file system.


For floppy drive use see YoLinux Tutorial Using
DOS Floppies with Linux

VER

uname -a

Operating system version

pkzip

tar, gzip and bzip2

Compress and uncompress files/directories.


Use tar to create Linux also has compress, gzip

HOSTNAME

hostname

Print host name of computer

FORMAT

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DOS Command

LINUX
Command

Action

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 host-name
NBTSTAT -A IP-address

nslookup hostname

Print DNS info for host.

ROUTE PRINT

route -n

Print routing table.

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DOS Vs Linux
DOS
Command
SET
variable

LINIUX Command

PATH

echo $PATH

DATE or
TIME

date

SORT

sort

export variable name

Action
Set environment variables
Display search path for
executables
Show date. (also set date DOS only)
Sort data
alphabetically/numerically

EDIT
filename.txt

vim

Edit a file. The Linux editor


which looks most like DOS
edit is probably Pico.

Directory path delimiter

.\

./

Current directory

..\

../

Parent directory
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DOS Command

LINUX Command

Action

BACKUP files A:\

tar -cvf /dev/fd0


files

Save backup files to floppy

RESTORE A:\ files

tar -xvf /dev/fd0


files

Read files from floppy.


See Using DOS floppies

ATTRIB +h or -h

mv file .file

Change file to a hidden file - rename


file with prefix "."

PRINT

lpr

Print a file

MEM

free
top

Show free memory on system

MSD

lsdev

Show system info (Command


borrowed from AIX)
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