DOS to FreeBSD cheat sheet
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Revision as of 15:11, 10 May 2008
The following article contains list of commands available on Microsoft's DOS and Windows platforms and the equivalent command on FreeBSD. This can be considered a 'cheat-sheet' for quick reference.
The list is sorted alphabetically by the DOS command name.
| Name | DOS | FreeBSD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setting file attributes | attrib | chmod | See also related chown |
| Check Disk | chkdsk | fsck | |
| Deleting file(s) | del | rm | |
| Directory listing | dir | ls | |
| Disk Partitioning | fdisk | fdisk | See also disklabel |
| Formating a disk | format | newfs | |
| Make a directory | mkdir | mkdir | |
| File pager | more | more | The commands share the same name and function but are implemented differently |
| Moving file(s) | move | mv | |
| Renaming file(s) | ren | mv | |
| List contents of a file | type | cat |
While this is a list of known Microsoft specific commands available on DOS and Windows operating systems it may be of relevance to users of similar Digital Research's DR-DOS, IBM's PC-DOS and others.
