| Linux / Unix Commands |
Description |
MS-DOS equivalent |
| ./foo |
start foo (allocated in current dir.) |
foo
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| / ¯ |
previous / next command |
doskey |
| cd x (or cd /x) |
go to directory x |
cd |
| cd .. (or cd ../ or cd /..) |
go down one directory |
cd.. |
| x then [tab] <beep> [tab] |
view all commands starting with x |
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| adduser |
add a user to the system |
/ |
| ls (or dir) |
list a directory |
dir |
| cat |
view a textfile on the terminal |
type |
| mv x y |
move or rename file x to file y |
copy |
| cp x y |
copy file x to file y |
del |
| rm x |
delete a file |
rm |
| mkdir x |
make a directory |
md |
| rmdir x |
remove a directory |
rd |
| rm -r x |
remove directory x and all its underlying files |
deltree |
| rm p |
remove a package |
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| df (or df x) |
Show free space on device x |
chkdsk |
| top |
view memory status (q to quit) |
mem |
| man x |
get a manual page about command x |
/ |
| less x |
view text file x (note that the more filter works under Linux too!) |
type x |more |
| echo |
print something on the screen |
echo |
| mc |
Norton Commander for UNIX |
nc |
| mount |
to couple a device (e.g. CD-ROM, umount to uncouple) |
- |
| halt |
to shutdown |
- |
| reboot ([ctrl] + [alt] + [del]) |
to restart |
[ctrl] + [alt] + [del] |
| chmod <permissions> <file> |
Change file permissions |
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| ls -l x |
Perform a detailed directory listing for file x |
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| ln -s x y |
Make a symbolic link from x to y |
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| find x -name y -print |
find file y, begin the search from within directory x and print the results to the screen |
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| ps |
to view all running processes |
- |
| kill x |
to terminate process x (x is PID from ps) |
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| [alt] + F1 - F7 |
switch to terminal 1 - 7 (in text terminal; F7 = X-Windows (when started)) |
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