Unix commands

Unix commands

Unix was developed as a command line interface and has a much richer vocabulary than DOS, which followed 12 years later. Unix text may or may not be case sensitive, whereas DOS/Windows is not case sensitive. Following is a brief comparison of common Unix/Linux commands and their DOS/Windows counterparts:

                        Unix/  DOS/
Command                 Linux  Windows
List directory content   ls     dir
Copy a file              cp     copy
Delete a file            rm     del
Rename a file            mv     rename
Display contents         cat    type
Print a file             lpr    print
Check disk space         df     chkdsk
Change directory         cd     cd