DOS - Linux Command Equivalents

DOS - Linux Command Equivalents

DOS Command Linux/UNIX Equivalent

DIR ls

COPY cp

TYPE cat (or, even better, less)

RENAME mv

ATTRIB chmod

DEL / ERASE rm

RMDIR, RD rmdir

CD cd

CHKDSK fsck

FDISK fdisk

HELP man

MEM free

FC diff

FIND grep

SORT sort

IPCONFIG, WINIPCFG ifconfig

NETSTAT netstat

COMMAND.COM bash

DEBUG gdb

EDLIN You're kidding, right? But it's ed.

Windows Program Linux Program

Notepad vi (or kedit, or kwrite, or gedit)

Wordpad kwrite

Control Panel No direct equivalent

Internet Explorer Mozilla (or Konqueror, or Firefox, or Galeon, or Opera, or . . .)

Media Player xmms, xine, ogle

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DOS Command	Linux/UNIX Equivalent
DIR	`ls`
COPY	`cp`
TYPE	`cat (`or, even better, `less)`
RENAME	`mv`
ATTRIB	`chmod`
DEL / ERASE	`rm`
RMDIR, RD	`rmdir`
CD	`cd`
CHKDSK	`fsck`
FDISK	`fdisk`
HELP	`man`
MEM	`free`
FC	`diff`
FIND	`grep`
SORT	`sort`
IPCONFIG, WINIPCFG	`ifconfig`
NETSTAT	`netstat`
COMMAND.COM	`bash`
DEBUG	`gdb`
EDLIN	You're kidding, right? But it's `ed.`

Windows Program	Linux Program
Notepad	vi (or kedit, or kwrite, or gedit)
Wordpad	kwrite
Control Panel	No direct equivalent
Internet Explorer	Mozilla (or Konqueror, or Firefox, or Galeon, or Opera, or . . .)
Media Player	xmms, xine, ogle