Windows versus Linux commands(DOS vs Shell)
New Linux users face problem with shell commands. so we are presenting you equivalent commands of Windows and Linux.
| DOS commands | Linux command |
|---|---|
| <command> /? | man <command> or command --help |
| cd | cd |
| chdir | pwd |
| cls | clear |
| copy | cp |
| date | date |
| del | rm |
| dir | ls |
| echo | echo |
| edit | vim (or other editor) |
| exit | exit |
| fc | diff |
| find | grep |
| format | mke2fs or mformat |
| mem | free |
| mkdir | mkdir |
| more | more or even less |
| move | mv |
| ren | mv |
| time | date |
