Common Linux & Dos commands, broken down, showing their similarity, differances, & syntax.
These are listed by :
Linux command : dos command
Linux command is in lower case, followed by options.
Dos command is in upper case, followed by options.
The syntax of the linux commands was gathered via the man pages, & the syntax for the dos command was gathered via the /? option.
List a directories contents
CODE
ls : dir
ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N] [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]
Copy files and directories
CODE
cp : copy
cp [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
cp [OPTION]... --target-directory=DIRECTORY SOURCE...
COPY [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B] [+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]
Search for files in a directory hierarchy
CODE
find : dir /s
find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
dir /s Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
Delete files
CODE
rm : del
rm [OPTION]... FILE...
DEL [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] names
Delete directories
CODE
rm -r : rmdir
rm -r, -R, --recursive
RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path
Create a directory
CODE
mkdir : mkdir
mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...
MKDIR [drive:]path
Copy a files contents to standard output
CODE
cat : type
cat [OPTION] [FILE]...
TYPE [drive:][path]filename
Create the file system
CODE
mke2fs: format
mke2fs [ -c | -l filename ] [ -b block-size ] [ -f fragment-size ] [ -g blocks-per-group ] [ -i bytes-per-inode] [ -j ] [ -J journal-options ] [ -N number-of-inodes ] [ -n ] [ -m reserved-blocks-percentage ] [ -o creator-os ] [ -O feature[,...] ] [ -q ] [ -r fs-revision-level ] [ -E extended-options ] [ -v ] [ -F ] [ -L volume-label ] [ -M last-mounted-directory ] [ -S ] [ -T filesystem-type ] [ -V ] device [ blocks-count ]
FORMAT volume [/FS:file-system] [/V:label] [/Q] [/A:size] [/C] [/X]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/F:size]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/1] [/4]
FORMAT volume [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/8]
Common Linux & Dos commands, Broken down, showing their similarity, differances, & syntax.
21 Aug, 2007 - 09:55 AM
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