Windows/DOS commands to Linux Shell commands

Windows/DOS command	Linux Shell command
CD - Changes directories. Usage: cd windows\system	cd - Changes directories. Usage: cd /root/mydirectory
CLS - Clears screen. Usage: cls	clear - Clears screen. Usage: clear
COPY - Copies one or more files to a destination you specify. Usage: copy c:\foo.txt c:\windows\foo.cfg	cp - Copies directories or files to a destination you specify. Usage: cp /root/foo.txt /foo.txt cp -r (recursive)
DEFRAG - Optimizes disk performance by reorganizing the files on the disk. Usage: defrag c: Note: In Windows you would simply select this command in the Systems Tools folder in your Start Menu.	Linux, as a whole, does not have a defrag utility like its Windows counterpart. Linux does, however, have a few commands that will assist in debugging and/or repairing a system. fsck - Checks and repairs the file system. Generally used when the system hasn't been properly unmounted during shutdown or reboot. debugfs - A system debugger. Generally used to examine and change the ext2 filesystem of Linux.
DEL - Deletes files you specify. Usage: del c:\windows\test.txt	rm - Deletes directories and files. Usage: rm foo.txt
DELTREE - Deletes a directory and its files and subdirectories. Usage: deltree c:\temp	rm - Deletes directories and files. Usage: rm -rf /root/test Say What? -rf = Forcibly deletes all subdirectories in a directory.
DIR - Displays the contents of a directory. Usage: dir	ls - Displays the contents of a directory. Usage: ls / ls -l /root Say What? -l = Displays everything in long format
DISKCOPY - Copies the entire contents of one floppy disk to another floppy disk. It writes over the existing contents of the destination disk as it copies the new information onto it. Usage: diskcopy a: a:	dd - Copies file systems, converts and formats them according to options given. Usage: dd if=/floppyimage of=/dev/fd0
ECHO - Displays text as standard output. Also used to "paste" a string within a file while rewriting the file contents with that string. Usage: echo My cat is big echo Kitty > foo.txt	echo - Acts the same as Windows in that it displays text as standard output. Usage: echo pot pie > /home/pie.txt
EDIT - Executes the MS-DOS text editor. Usage: edit foo.txt	Linux has 2 common editors that most people use: vi and pico. They all have the same functionality as most other text editors, but vi is a little more advanced. Vi is also the oldest of the two. vi - Unix text editor pico - Linux text editor
EXIT - Exits an MS-DOS emulation window. Used in DOS 6.22 to "exit" the command interpreter and returns to the controlling program, if one actually existed. Usage: exit	exit - Used in Linux to exit a shell. Usage: exit

Windows/DOS command	Linux Shell command
FIND - Searches for a specific string of variables in a file or files. Usage: find "gorilla" c:\windows\zoo.txt	grep - Are 'ya looking for something special in that little document that Daisy wrote for ya? Check it out: Usage: grep gorilla /windows/zoo.txt
FORMAT - Formats a drive, erasing all data that resides on it. Usage: format a:	mkfs - Formats a partition and builds a filesystem. Usage: mkfs -t msdos -c -v /newdosdrive Say What? The -t syntax specifies what the filesystem is to be. The -c syntax tells mkfs to check the drive for bad blocks. The -v syntax, produces, you guessed it, verbose output.
HELP - Starts DOS help. You can also access help in Windows by going to your Start Menu and selecting "Help". Usage: help	help - Shows commands which are defined internally within Linux. Usage: help help alias
MEM - Displays the amount of used and free memory. Usage: mem	top - Displays process status. Also shows memory used and available. Usage: top
MKDIR - Creates a directory. Usage: mkdir c:\dad mkdir c:\test	mkdir - Creates a directory. Usage: mkdir /new
MORE - Displays one page at a time. Usage: find "a" c:\windows\pstrip.txt \| more	more - Displays one page at a time. Usage: more /var/log/secure
MOVE - Moves directories and/or files to a location you specify. Renames files and directories. Usage: move foo.txt c:\windows\system move c:\config.sys c:\config.bak	mv - Acts much like its Windows counterpart in that it moves or renames files and/or directories. Usage: mv foot.txt /root/foot.txt
MSD - Old DOS command that provided information about your computer. Usage: msd	No such beast on Linux. You can look in the /proc directory to look at individual files for comparable info.
PRINT - Prints a text file. (Old) Usage: print foo.txt	lpr - Linux print command. Usage: lpr foo.txt
RMDIR - Removes directories. Also known as RD. Usage: rmdir c:\temp	(See rm)
RENAME - Renames a file or directory or files and directories. Usage: rename config.sys config.bak ren config.sys config.bak	(See mv)
SCANDISK - A disk analysis and repair tool. Checks drives for any errors and fixes them. Also accessed via the System Tools folder in your Start Menu in Windows. Usage: scandisk c:	(See fsck)
UNDELETE - Undeletes that which has been deleted. Essentially replaced by the Recycle Bin in Windows. Usage: undelete /?	There isn't one. Be careful out there.
VER - Displays the MSDOS or Windows version. Usage: ver	uname - Prints system information. Usage: uname -a
XCOPY - A utility to recursively copy directories and/or files. Usage: xcopy c:\windows d:\	(See cp)

😎 Windows/DOS commands to Linux Shell commands ✅