Unix commands (redirected from Linux 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