A Comparison of Common DOS and Linux Commands

Appendix C.

A Comparison of Common DOS and Linux

Commands

Many Linux commands typed at a shell prompt are similar to the commands you would type in MSDOS.

In fact, some commands are identical. This appendix provides common commands used at the MS-DOS prompt in Windows and their counterparts in Linux. Basic examples of how the commands are used at the Linux shell prompt are also provided. Note that these commands usually have a number of options. To learn more about each command, read its associated man page (for example, type man ls at the shell prompt to read about the ls command).

 

Table C-1. Similar Commands