DOS commands and equivalent linux commands
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DOS/Linux commands
| DOS commands | Linux command | Action |
| assign | ln | Create a file or directory link |
| <command> /? | man <command> | Help about the command |
| break on | trap | Trap ctrl-break / Trap signals |
| cd | cd | Change directory |
| chdir | pwd | Display directory location |
| cls | clear | Clear screen |
| copy | cp | Copy a file |
| date | date | Displays or sets the date |
| del | rm | Deletes one or more files |
| dir | ls | Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory |
| doskey /h | history | history List command history |
| echo | echo | Displays messages, or turns command-echoing on or off |
| edit | vim (or other editor) | Editor to edit files |
| exit | exit | Exit the command prompt |
| fc | diff | Compare two files and show differences |
| find | grep | Searches for a text string in a file or files |
| format | mke2fs or mformat | Formats a disk |
| find | grep | Look for a word in files given in command line |
| hostname | hostname | Print host name of computer |
| ipconfig | ifconfig | Display/configure network interface |
| mem | free | Displays the amount of used and free memory in your system |
| mkdir | mkdir | Create a Directory |
| more | more or even less | Displays output one screen at a time |
| move | mv | Moves files and renames files and directories |
| ping | ping | Send packets to a network host |
| route print | route -n | Print routing table |
| reboot | shutdown -r now | Reboot system |
| ren | mv | Renames a file or files |
| set | set or env | List all environment variables |
| tracert | traceroute | Show routes and router hops to given network destination |
| time | date | Displays or sets the system time |
| tasklist | ps -aux top | top List executable name, process ID number and memory usage of active processes |
| type | cat | Dump contents of a file to users screen |
| ver | Uname -a | Operating system/shell version |
| win | startx | Start x-windows |
| xcopy | cp -R | Copy all file of directory recursively |
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