Some of the most Basic Commands in Linux can be found
in the DOS to Linux HOWTO written by Guido Gonzato. This HOWTO gives
the basic DOS user the typical equivalents as to each basic command.
We list some of these equivalents here for your perusal:
C:\GUIDO>COPY JOE.TXT
JOE.DOC $ cp
joe.txt joe.doc
C:\GUIDO>COPY *.* TOTAL
$ cat * > total
C:\GUIDO>COPY FRACTALS.DOC
PRN $ lpr fractals.doc
C:\GUIDO>DEL TEMP
$ rm temp
C:\GUIDO>DEL *.BAK
$ rm *~
C:\GUIDO>MOVE PAPER.TXT
TMP\
$ mv paper.txt tmp/
C:\GUIDO>REN PAPER.TXT
PAPER.ASC $ mv paper.txt paper.asc
C:\GUIDO>PRINT LETTER.TXT
$ lpr letter.txt
C:\GUIDO>TYPE LETTER.TXT
$ more letter.txt
C:\GUIDO>TYPE LETTER.TXT
$ less letter.txt
C:\GUIDO>TYPE LETTER.TXT
> NUL $ cat letter.txt
> /dev/null
n/a
$ more *.txt *.asc
n/a
$ cat section*.txt | less
We list some of our own:
C:\>DELTREE TEMP $ rm -rf temp
C:\>MD TEMP $ mkdir temp
C:\>RD TEMP $ rmdir temp
C:\>CD TEMP
$ cd temp