Otak Atik [dot] Com » Ubuntu http://www.otakatik.com Empowering Computer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:06:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comparison Between MS-DOS and BASH Commands http://www.otakatik.com/comparison-between-ms-dos-and-bash-commands/ http://www.otakatik.com/comparison-between-ms-dos-and-bash-commands/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:57:46 +0000 Edi Kwie http://www.otakatik.com/comparison-between-ms-dos-and-bash-commands/ Logo
If you a MS-DOS user (I know maybe you are a Windows XP user but maybe you still using a MS-DOS in you everyday life) and if you’re migrated to Ubuntu or MacOS X system someday you will forced to use Terminal that using BASH command within it (if you still like using command line). I want to share the comparison between MS-DOS syntax and BASH commands; hopefully it can help you….
Actually, I use it on Ubuntu 7.04 but I had try it with my Macbook and using MacOS X Terminal and I found that almost all commands that I had wrote here are worked too in MacOS X Terminal.
Here are comparison between BASH commands and MS-DOS commands:

Command MS-DOS Command Linux Shell Command (BASH Command) Usage
1 Copy Files COPY  cp cp <filename> <new location>
2 Move files MOVE mv mv <filename> <new location>
3 Rename files RENAME mv mv <old filename> <new filename>
4 Delete files DEL rm rm <filename>
5 Create directories MKDIR mkdir mkdir <directory name>
6 Delete directories DELTREE/RMDIR rm rm –rf <directory name>
7 Change directory CD cd cd <directory name>
8 Edit text files EDIT vi vi <filename>
9 View text files TYPE less less <filename>
10 Print text files PRINT lpr lpr <filename>
11 Compare files FC diff diff <file1> <file2>
12 Find files FIND find find –name <filename>
13 Check disk integrity SCANDISK fsck fsck
14 View network settings IPCONFIG ifconfig ifconfig
15 Check a network connection PING ping ping <ip address>
16 View a network route TRACERT tracepath tracepath <address>
17 Clear screen CLS clear clear
18 Get help HELP man man <command>
19 Quit EXIT exit exit
20 Browse files DIR ls ls

You can subtitute command man (number 18) with info <command>, for example info fsck.
The BASH shell also offers a rename command, but this is usually used to rename many files at once, so I think mv command is more efficiently.
Hopefully, it can help you…..

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