Victor Yager Accountant & Information Technology Professional

DOS to UNIX

DOS to UNIX translation!

DOS	to...	UNIX	notes
attrib	change file attributes	chmod
cd chdir	change directories	cd
chkdsk	display free disk space	df
cls	clear screen	clear
comp	compare files	diff
copy	copy files	cp copy tar	cp to copy files, copy to copy directories, and tar to copy files or directories onto floppy disks or tapes.
date	display system date and time	date cal	date displays the date and time, cal displays the date, time, and a 3 month calendar.
del	delete files	rm	Use caution with rm and wildcards, rm * removes all (no undelete option)!
deltree	delete directory and files	rm -r	Recursively removes the specified directory and its files and subdirectories and files. (no undelete option)
dir	list contents of a directory	ls	There are several options to ls including ls -l to see long lists, ls -c to see a list in columns, and ls -f to see a list indicating file types.
diskcomp	make a track-by-track comparison of two floppy disks	diskcmp
diskcopy	copy a source disk to a target disk	diskcp
edit	to edit text files	vi	vi is a full-screen text editor with powerful search and replace functions.
edlin	line editor	ed ex	ed and ex are predecessors of vi.
fc	compare two files	cmp diff diff3	cmp to compare binary files, diff compares two text files, and diff3 compares three text files.
find	find text within a file	grep	The UNIX find command finds files on the system, and grep (global regular expression parser) finds text within a file.
format	format a disk	format	The UNIX format command formats a disk for use on the UNIX file system. See /etc/default/format for the default drive to format.
help	get help	man apropos
md	make a directory	mkdir
more	display output one screen at a time	more
move	move a file	mv
print	print files in the background	lp lpq	Use *lp filename* & to print in the background. You can run any UNIX system command in the background by adding the & (ampersand) to the end of the command line. Use lpq** to display print queue.
ren	rename a file	mv
rd	remove an empty directory	rmdir	Use rm -r to remove a directory that is not empty.
sort	sort data	sort
type	display a text file	cat more
xcopy	copy directories	copy tar	Use tar if you want to copy directories to disk or tape.

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