DOS COMMANDS VS UNIX/LINUX

Prepared by David

DOS Commands vs Unix/Linux

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DIR ls List directory contents

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TREE ls -R List directory recursivly

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CD cd Change directory

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MKDIR / MD mkdir Make a new directory

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RMDIR / RD rmdir Remove a directory

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CHDIR pwd Display directory location

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DEL / ERASE rm Remove a file

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RMDIR /S rm -R Remove all directories and files below given directory

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COPY cp Copy a file

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XCOPY Xcopy /e (including sub directory)

cp -R Copy all file of directory recursivly

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RENAME mv -iv Rename/move a file

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HELP or COMMAND /? Just type “ help” or eg dir/?

man Online manuals

Ctrl Z

To exit Ctrl Z and Press Enter

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CLS Clear / ctrl-l Clear screen

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COMP diff Compare two files and show differences. Also see comm, cmp, mgdiff and tkdiff.

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DATE or TIME date Show date. (also set date - DOS only)

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DOSKEY /h history List command history

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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!)

Ctrl X to exit Ctrl O to save Alt “F” and “S” to save Alt “F” and “X” to exit

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MEM free Show free memory on system

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TASKLIST (WIN2K, XP) ps -aux top

List executable name, process ID number and memory usage of active processes

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EXIT EXIT0

exit exit 0

Exit a shell

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Assignment

Create 4 directory with below name EEE ECE CSE IT

Create sub directory for four year

Type all subject on text file and save as sub.txt on any 1st year folder

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4. Copy sub.txt to other dept directory

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