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Chapter 3
Linux/DOS Cross Reference
There are more similarities between DOS and Linux than you might expect—both DOS and Linux have their roots in UNIX, and for the most part, commands and filesystems behave the same way in all three operating systems. If your background is in DOS, you certainly can make the leap to Linux. This chapter lists some popular DOS commands and their Linux counterparts.
| DOS Command
| Linux command
|
| APPEND
| None
|
| ASSIGN
| None
|
| ATTRIB
| chmod
|
| BACKUP
| cpio, tar
|
| BREAK
| None
|
| CALL
| exec
|
| CD
| cd
|
| CHCP
| None
|
| CHDIR
| cd
|
| CHKDSK
| e2fsck
|
| CHOICE
| None
|
| CLS
| clear, reset
|
| COMMAND
| bash, csh, sh
|
| COMP
| cmp, diff, diff3, sdiff
|
| COPY
| cp, cat
|
| CTTY
| stty
|
| DATE
| date
|
| DBLSPACE
| None
|
| DEFRAG
| None
|
| DEL
| rm
|
| DELTREE
| rmdir
|
| DIR
| dir, ls
|
| DISKCOMP
| None
|
| DISKCOPY
| None
|
| DOSKEY
| history (Korn and bash shells)
|
| DOSSHELL
| None
|
| ECHO
| echo
|
| EDIT
| vi
|
| EXIT
| None
|
| EXPAND
| gunzip, uncompress, unpack
|
| FASTHELP
| apropos, man, xman, whatis
|
| FASTOPEN
| None
|
| FC
| cmp, diff, diff3, sdiff
|
| FDISK
| fdisk
|
| FIND
| find
|
| FOR
| for (shell command)
|
| FORMAT
| None
|
| GOTO
| goto (C shell)
|
| GRAFTABL
| None
|
| GRAPHICS
| None
|
| HELP
| apropos, man, whatis
|
| IF
| if (shell command)
|
| INTERLNK
| None
|
| INTERSVR
| None
|
| JOIN
| None
|
| LABEL
| None
|
| LOADFIX
| None
|
| LOADHIGH
| None (thankfully)
|
| MEM
| free
|
| MIRROR
| None
|
| MKDIR
| mkdir
|
| MODE
| stty, tty
|
| MORE
| less, more, xmore
|
| MOVE
| mv
|
| MSAV
| None
|
| MSBACKUP
| cpio, tar
|
| MSD
| None
|
| NLSFUNC
| None
|
| PATH
| env
|
| PAUSE
| sleep
|
| POWER
| None
|
| PRINT
| lpr
|
| PROMPT
| PS1
|
| RECOVER
| None
|
| REM
| #
|
| RENAME
| cat
|
| REPLACE
| None
|
| RESTORE
| cpio, tar
|
| RMDIR
| rmdir
|
| SET
| env
|
| SETVER
| None
|
| SHARE
| None
|
| SHIFT
| None
|
| SMARTDRV
| None
|
| SORT
| sort
|
| SUBST
| None
|
| SYS
| None
|
| TIME
| date
|
| TREE
| None
|
| TYPE
| cat, less, more
|
| UNDELETE
| None
|
| UNFORMAT
| None
|
| VER
| uname
|
| VERIFY
| None
|
| VOL
| None
|
| VSAFE
| None
|
| XCOPY
| cp
|
| XTREE
| mkdir
|