Common DOS/Windows commands and their Linux counterparts
April 24, 2010
| Copy a file | copy path1filename1 path2filename2 | cp path1/filename1 path2/filename2 |
| Copy subdirectory | xcopy path1. path2 /s | cp -R path1 path2 |
| Delete a file | del filename | rm filename |
| Move a file | move path1filename1 path2 | mv path1/filename1 |
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| Rename a file | ren filename1 filename2 | mv filename1 filename2 |
| List a directory | dir | ls |
| Change directory | cd path | cd /path |
| Make directory | md path | md path |
| Delete a subdirectory | deltree path1 | rm -R path |
| List text file contents | type filename | cat filename |
| Edit a file | edit filename | pico filename |
| Format floppy | format a: | fdformat /fd0H1440 |
| Check for disk errors | chkdsk drive -or- scandisk drive | fsck /device |
| Change file attribute | attrib +- attribute filename | chmod mode filename |
| Clear screen | cls | clear |
| Display environment variables | set | env |
| Set environment variable | set variable=value | env variable=value |
| Set time | time time | date MMDDHHSS |
| Close command prompt | exit | exit |