| DOS Command | UNIX or Bash Command | Action |
|---|---|---|
| DIR | ls -l (or use ls -lF)(-a all files) (df -k Space remaining on filesystem) | List directory contents |
| DIR *.* /o-d DIR *.* /v /os DIR /s DIR /aa | ls -tr ls -ls ls -R ls -a | List directory contents by reverse time of modification/creation. List files and size List directory/sub-directory contents recursively. List hidden files. |
| TREE | ls -R | List directory recursivly |
| CD | cd | Change directory |
| MKDIR MD | mkdir | Make a new directory |
| ASSIGN | ln | Create a file or directory link |
| RMDIR RD | rmdir | Remove a directory |
| CHDIR | pwd | Display directory location |
| DEL ERASE | rm -iv | Remove a file |
| RMDIR /S (NT) DELTREE (Win 95...) | rm -R | Remove all directories and files below given directory |
| COPY | cp -piv | Copy a file |
| XCOPY | cp -R | Copy all file of directory recursivly |
| RENAME or MOVE | mv -iv | 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 |
| CLS | clear ctrl-l | Clear screen |
| EXIT EXIT0 | exit exit 0 | Exit a shell |
| FIND FINDSTR | grep | Look for a word in files given in command line |
| COMP | diff | Compare two files and show differences. Also see comm, cmp, mgdiff and tkdiff. |
| FC | diff | Compare two files and show differences. Also see comm, cmp, mgdiff and tkdiff. |
| SET | set and env | List all environment variables |
| SET variable=value echo %variable% | set export variable=value | Set environment variables Show environment variables |
| ECHO text | echo text | Echo text to screen |
| SET variable | setenv (for C shell) or export VAR=val (for Korn shell. Also VAR=val) | Set environment variables |
| PATH PATH %PATH%;C:\DIR | echo $PATH PATH=$PATH:/dir | Display search path for executables. Set PATH environment variable. |
| PROMPT $p$g | export PS1='\h(\u)\W> ' | Set user command prompt. |
| DATE or TIME | date | Show date. (also set date - DOS only) |
| DOSKEY /h | history | List command history |
| DOSKEY NAME=command | alias NAME=command | Set command alias |
| BREAK ON | trap | Trap ctrl-break / Trap signals. |
| SORT | sort | Sort data alphabetically/numerically |
| EDLIN | ed | Line mode editor |
| EDIT filename.txt | pico, gnp, vi, xedit, xemacs,dtpad | Edit a file. The Linux editor which looks most like DOS edit is probably Pico. (Not a recomendation!) |
| BACKUP files A:\ | tar -cvf /dev/fd0 files mdir, mcopy doswrite -a file (AIX only) | Save files to floppy. See Using DOS floppies |
| RESTORE A:\ files | tar -xvf /dev/fd0 files mdir, mcopy dosread -a file (AIX only) | Read files from floppy. See Using DOS floppies |
| ATTRIB [+r|-r] [+a|-a] [+s|-s] [path\file] /s | chmod | Change file permissions. DOS: +:set to -:remove r:Read only a:Archive s:System /s:recursively |
| ATTRIB +h or -h | mv file .file | Change file to a hidden file - rename file with prefix "." |
| lpr | Print a file | |
| CALL COMMAND /C (DOS), CMD (NT) | source script (cshrc) . script (bash) sh script | Execute script from within batch shell. |
| MEM | free top | Show free memory on system |
| TASKLIST (WIN2K, XP) | ps -aux top | List executable name, process ID number and memory usage of active processes |
| MSD | lsdev | Show system info (Command borrowed from AIX) |
| SCANDISK DEFRAG C: | fsck debugfs | Check and repair hard drive file system |
| CHDISK | du -s | Disk usage. |
| FDISK | fdisk | Tool to partition a hard drive. |
| SUBST V: C:\directory\path | mount | Mount a drive letter to a folder/directory on your hard drive. |
| FORMAT | mke2fs See: fdformat and mformat for floppies | Format drive file system. For floppy drive use see YoLinux Tutorial Using DOS Floppies with Linux |
| VER | uname -a echo $SHELL cat /etc/issue | Operating system/shell version |
| pkzip | tar and zip | Compress and uncompress files/directories. Use tar to create compilation of a directory before compressing. Linux also has compress, gzip |
| HOSTNAME | hostname | Print host name of computer |
| 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 host-name host host-name | Print DNS info for host. |
| ROUTE PRINT | route -n | Print routing table. |
| NET HELP START | chkconfig --list |grep on | List services. |
| NET STARTservice-name NET STOPservice-name | service service-name start service service-name stop | Start/stop service/daemon. |
| NET SHARES | df | Show mounted shares/filesystems. |
| NET SEND | smbclient -M MS-Windows-host-name talk | Send pop-up to a MS/Windows PC Send message to another Unix/Linux user. See YoLinux tutorial |
| WIN | startx | Start X-Windows. |
| REBOOT | shutdown -r now | Reboot system. |
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