Copies files | copy | cp | cp this.txt that.txt |
Moves files | move | mv | mv this.txt dir/ |
Lists files | dir | ls | ls -l |
Clears screen | cls | clear | clear |
Closes prompt window | exit | exit | exit |
Displays or sets date | date | date | date |
Deletes files | del | rm | rm this.txt |
"Echoes" output on the screen | echo | echo | echo this message |
Edits files with simple text editor | edit | pico | pico this.txt |
Compares the contents of files | fc | diff | diff file1 file2 |
Finds a string of text in a file | find | grep | grep "this word or phrase" this.txt |
Formats a DOS diskette | format a: | mkfs | mkfs.msdos /dev/fd0 |
Formats a Linux diskette | N/A | mkfs | mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0 |
Formats a Ext3 disk | N/A | mkfs | mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda9 |
Mount a partition | N/A | mount | mount /dev/hda9 /alt |
Unmounts a partition | N/A | umount | umount /alt |
Shows mountpoints and types for all mounted drives | N/A | mount | mount |
Displays command help | command /? | man/info | man/info command |
Creates a directory | mkdir | mkdir | mkdir directory |
View a file | more | more/less | more/less this.txt |
Renames a file | ren | mv | mv this.txt that.txt |
Displays your location in the file system | chdir | pwd echo $PWD |
pwd echo $PWD |
Changes directories with a specified path(absolute path ) | cd pathname | cd pathname | cd /path/to/place/ |
Changes directories with a relative path | cd .. | cd .. | cd ../path/ |
Displays the time | time | date | date |
Shows amount of RAM in use | mem | free | free |
Shows amount of disk space used | chkdsk | df | df -Th |
Reboots the computer | N/A | shutdown | shutdown -r now |
Shuts down the computer | N/A | shutdown | shutdown -h now |
Print the Routing Table | route print | route netstat -r |
route -n |
Print Networking Statistics | netstat | netstat | netstat -nat |
Print Networking Settings | ipconfig | ifconfig | ifconfig eth0 |
Start/Start System Services | net start/stop service | service NAME start/stop | service sshd restart |
Disk Partitioning | fdisk | fdisk | fdisk -l /dev/hda |
DNS Query | nslookup | host | host -a fortuitous.com |
Ping a Host | ping | ping | ping -c5 fortuitous.com |
Trace Path to Host | tracert | traceroute | traceroute fortuitous.com |
Text Search in File | find | grep | grep banana input.txt |