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Common Linux & Dos commands

Common Linux & Dos commands, Broken down, showing their similarity, differances, & syntax.

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no2pencil

21 Aug, 2007 - 08:55 AM

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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

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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

Search for files in a directory hierarchy

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find : dir /s
find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]

dir /s Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.

Delete files

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rm : del
rm [OPTION]... FILE...

DEL [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] names

Delete directories

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rm -r : rmdir
rm -r, -R, --recursive

RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path

Create a directory

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mkdir : mkdir
mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...

MKDIR [drive:]path

Copy a files contents to standard output

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cat : type
cat [OPTION] [FILE]...

TYPE [drive:][path]filename

Create the file system

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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]