Dos - Linux comparison

DOS COMMANDS	Linux EQUIVALENTS	ACTION
help	man	display detailed command information
dir	ls -l (ls -al or ls -AL)	lists files with details
cd dir	cd dir	change directory NOTE: in UNIX cd by itself returns user to home dir)
cd	pwd	present working directory displayed
type filename \| more	more filename (or page or pg or less)	display files page by page
dir /w	ls	lists file names without details
type	cat or more or less	display file contents ( recommend using more* in UNIX, less in Linux*)
comp	diff or cmp	compare 2 files
copy	cp	copy file
xcopy	cpio	copy entire directory structure
diskcopy	dump	copy disk images
del	rm	remove file
deltree /y	rm -r	remove subdirectories of files
rmdir or rd	rmdir (or rm -r)	remove a directory
mkdir or md	mkdir	create a directory
rename or ren	mv	rename file
commandname -?	commandname --help (GNU feature)	display summary of command line options
attrib	chmod	change file attributes
find	grep	find strings in files
date, time	date	change date & time
chkdsk	df -k	display free disk space
print	lp	print a file
pkzip	gzip & tar	compress files and bundle them into one file
edlin	ed	basic/crude text editor (underlying editor for vi)
edit	gedit	visual text editor - (use vi in a shell)
fdisk	fdisk	partition hard drive
c:\	/	top "root" directory
c:\dos or c:\windows	/etc, /bin, /usr/bin	directories where most operating system commands reside
"ctrl-alt-del" keys	run "/etc/shutdown -r" or click on the reboot button in the user interface	method of rebooting system
turn off the power switch	run "/etc/shutdown -h", or click on the halt button in the Gnome user interface, then turn off the power switch	method of shutting down the system NEVER TURN OFF POWER TO A Linux SYSTEM - use shutdown!
"pause" key	"ctrl-s" keys	pause screen output
"ctrl-c" keys	"ctrl-c" keys	terminate a program

DOS COMMAND	UNIX/Linux EQUIVALENT
"bat" file	shell script
TSR (terminate & stay resident)	daemon
terminate	kill
program	process

DOS - Linux Command Comparisons