DOS to FreeBSD cheat sheet

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
del	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