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The following page contains a cheat-sheet of DOS commands to their FreeBSD equivalents:
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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.
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The list is sorted alphabetically by the DOS command name.
  
 
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!Notes
 
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|move
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| Setting file attributes
|[[mv]]
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| attrib
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| [[chmod]]
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| See also related [[chown]]
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| Check Disk
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| chkdsk
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| [[fsck]]
 
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| Delete
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| del
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| [[rm]]
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| Directory listing
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| Dir
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| [[ls]]
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| Disk Partitioning
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| fdisk
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| [[fdisk]]
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| See also [[disklabel]]
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| Formating a disk
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| format
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| [[newfs]]
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| Make a directory
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| mkdir
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| [[mkdir]]
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| File pager
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| More
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| [[more]]
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| The commands share the same name and function but are implemented differently
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| Moving file(s)
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| move
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| [[mv]]
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| Renaming file(s)
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| ren
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| [[mv]]
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Revision as of 14:58, 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
Delete 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
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