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Linux OSX and Windows Commands

This document provides a comparison of common commands used in Linux/OSX and Windows operating systems. It lists basic file and directory navigation commands like ls, pwd, mkdir alongside commands for copying, moving, deleting, compressing and extracting files. Equivalent commands are shown for both Linux/OSX and Windows to allow users to easily translate commands between the two environments.

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Linux OSX and Windows Commands

This document provides a comparison of common commands used in Linux/OSX and Windows operating systems. It lists basic file and directory navigation commands like ls, pwd, mkdir alongside commands for copying, moving, deleting, compressing and extracting files. Equivalent commands are shown for both Linux/OSX and Windows to allow users to easily translate commands between the two environments.

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COMMON COMMANDS

LINUX / OSX WINDOWS

ls dir List files and directories


ls myfolder dir myfolder List files and dirs inside a folder
pwd cd Get current directory path
clear -same- Clear the terminal
touch example.txt echo > example.txt Create new file
mkdir myfolder -same- Create new directory
cd myfolder -same- Change directory to myfolder
cd .. -same- Go back one directory
cp example.txt myfolder/ copy example.txt myfolder\ Copy example.txt file to myfolder
mv example.txt myfolder/ move example.txt myfolder\ Move example.txt to myfolder
rm example.txt del example.txt Delete example.txt
rm -r myfolder del /Q /S myfolder Delete myfolder and its content
mv example.txt myexample.txt move example.txt myexample.txt Rename example.txt to myexample.txt
tree tree /F Get current directory structure
find . -name example.txt dir example.txt /s /p Find file or directory
cat example.txt type example.txt Display file content
du example.txt -none- Get file or directory size
zip example.zip example.txt -none- Compress example.txt to example.zip
unzip example.zip -none- Unzip example.zip to current directory
zip -r example.zip myfolder -none- Compress all files of myfolder to example.zip
help pwd -same- Show help message for a command
man pwd -none- Show manual text for a command
pip3 install —user library -same- Installs a package for Python 3
pip3 uninstall library -same- Uninstalls a package for Python 3

authors: Ardit Sulce, David Schenck

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