run cmd in a specific folder
cmd /K "cd /d the-path-of-the-folder"
| Windows command | Unix command | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| arp | arp | |
| assign | ln | Create a file link |
| assign | ln -s | On Unix, a directory may not have multiple links, so instead a symbolic link must be created with ln -s. |
| assoc | file | |
| at | at batch cron | |
| attrib | chown chmod | Sets ownership on files and directories |
| cd | cd | On Windows, cd alone prints the current directory, but on Unix cd alone returns the user to his home directory. |
| cd | pwd | On Windows, cd alone prints the current directory. |
| chkdsk | fsck | Checks filesystem and repairs filesystem corruption on hard drives. |
| cls | clear | Clear the terminal screen |
| copy | cp | |
| date | time date | Date on Unix prints the current date and time. Date and time on Windows print the date and time respectively, and prompt for a new date or time. |
| del | rm | |
| deltree | rm -r | Recursively deletes entire directory tree |
| dir | ls | “dir” also works on some versions of Unix. |
| doskey /h F7 key | history | The Unix history is part of the Bash shell. |
| edit | vi emacs etc. | edit brings up a simple text editor in Windows. On Unix, the environment variable EDITOR should be set to the user’s preferred editor. |
| exit | exit Control-D | On Unix, pressing the control key and D simultaneously logs the user out of the shell. |
| explorer | nautilus etc. | The command explorer brings up the file browser on Windows. |
| fc | diff | |
| find | grep | |
| ftp | ftp | |
| help | man | “help” by itself prints all the commands |
| hostname | hostname | |
| ipconfig /all | ifconfig -a | The /all option lets you get the MAC address of the Windows PC |
| mem | top | Shows system status |
| mkdir | mkdir | |
| more | more less | |
| move | mv | |
| net | w | |
| session | who | |
| net statistics | uptime | |
| nslookup | nslookup | |
| ping | ping | |
| lpr | Send a file to a printer. | |
| reboot shutdown -r | shutdown -r | |
| regedit | edit /etc/* | The Unix equivalent of the Windows registry are the files under /etc and /usr/local/etc. These are edited with a text editor rather than with a special-purpose editing program. |
| rmdir | rmdir | |
| rmdir /s | rm -r | Windows has a y/n prompt. To get the prompt with Unix, use rm -i. The i means “interactive”. |
| set env | Set | on Windows prints a list of all environment variables. For individual environment variables, set is the same as echo $ on Unix. |
| set Path | echo $PATH | Print the value of the environment variable using set in Windows. |
| shutdown | shutdown | Without an option, the Windows version produces a help message |
| shutdown -s | shutdown -h | Also need -f option to Windows if logged in remotely |
| sort | sort | |
| start | & | On Unix, to start a job in the background, use command &. On Windows, the equivalent is start command. See How to run a Windows command as a background job like Unix ?. |
| systeminfo | uname -a | |
| tasklist | ps | “tasklist” is not available on some versions of Windows. See also this article on getting a list of processes in Windows using Perl |
| title | ? | In Unix, changing the title of the terminal window is possible but complicated. Search for “change title xterm”. |
| tracert | traceroute | |
| tree | find ls -R | On Windows, use tree |
| type | cat | |
| ver | uname -a | |
| xcopy | cp -R | Recursively copy a directory tree |