Windows and Unix command line equivalents

win2ix.md

Windows command	Unix command	Notes
set	env	Set on Windows prints a list of all environment variables. For individual environment variables, set is the same as echo $ on Unix.
set Path	export $PATH	Print the value of the environment variable using set in Windows.
set PROJ	--	result: PROJ=c:\project
echo %PROJ%	echo $PROJ	result: c:\project
set Path=%Path%;c:\project	export PATH="/path/to/dir:$PATH"
arp	arp
assign	ln	Create a file link
assign	ln -s	On Unix, a directory may not have multiple links, so instead a symbolic link must be created with ln -s.
assoc	file
at	at, batch, cron
attrib	chown, chmod	Sets ownership on files and directories
cd	cd	On Windows, cd alone prints the current directory, but on Unix cd alone returns the user to his home directory.
cd	pwd	On Windows, cd alone prints the current directory.
chkdsk	fsck	Checks filesystem and repairs filesystem corruption on hard drives.
cls	clear	Clear the terminal screen
copy	cp
datetime	date	Date on Unix prints the current date and time. Date and time on Windows print the date and time respectively, and prompt for a new date or time.
del	rm
deltree	rm -r	Recursively deletes entire directory tree
dir	ls	"dir" also works on some versions of Unix.
doskey /hF7 key	history	The Unix history is part of the Bash shell.
edit	Vi, emacs, etc.	edit brings up a simple text editor in Windows. On Unix, the environment variableEDITOR should be set to the user's preferred editor.
exit	exit, Control-D	On Unix, pressing the control key and D simultaneously logs the user out of the shell.
explorer	Nautilus, etc.	The command explorer brings up the file browser on Windows.
fc	diff
find	grep
ftp	ftp
help	man	"help" by itself prints all the commands
hostname	hostname
ipconfig /all	ifconfig -a	The /all option lets you get the MAC address of the Windows PC
mem	top	Shows system status
mkdir	mkdir
more	more, less
move	mv
net session	w, who
net statistics	uptime
nslookup	nslookup
ping	ping
print	lpr	Send a file to a printer.
Reboot, shutdown -r	shutdown -r
regedit	edit /etc/*	The Unix equivalent of the Windows registry are the files under /etc and/usr/local/etc. These are edited with a text editor rather than with a special-purpose editing program.
rmdir	rmdir
rmdir /s	rm -r	Windows has a y/n prompt. To get the prompt with Unix, use rm -i. The i means "interactive".
shutdown	shutdown	Without an option, the Windows version produces a help message
shutdown -s	shutdown -h	Also need -f option to Windows if logged in remotely
sort	sort
start	&	On Unix, to start a job in the background, use command &. On Windows, the equivalent isstart command.
systeminfo	uname -a
tasklist	ps	"tasklist" is not available on some versions of Windows.
title	?	In Unix, changing the title of the terminal window is possible but complicated. Search for "change title xterm".
tracert	traceroute
tree	find, ls -R	On Windows, use tree
type	cat
ver	uname -a
xcopy	cp -R	Recursively copy a directory tree