Linux commands

(1) alternative Linux commands to complete the same task, (2) The mapping commands between Windows and Linux system.

text file manipulation

display the first lines of text file

• head [options] filename (OS: Linux )
• vim [options] filename (and press gg) (Linux )

display the last few lines of text file

• tail [options] filename (Linux )
• vim [options] filename (and press G) (Linux )
• Tail for Win32 GUI interface (Win )

file operation

copy old directory to new directory (Linux )

• cp -a old_dir new_dir/
• make new directory & copy all old files to new directory
  • mkdir new_dir
  • cp old_dir/* new_dir

delete files or directory

• rm -r /Name_of_directory (Linux )
• del Name_of_directory (Win )
  • After executed del Name_of_directory but the empty directory directory_name will be left.
  • Command delete is not available in Win XP

list directory or files

• ls (Linux ) ex: ls -l List detailed information of files
• dir (Win ) ex: dir/s/b

find a file

• find (Linux ) ex: find / -name filename Find the file which naming filename Under the path / (root folder)
• dir (Win ) ex: dir filename /s I have no idea to specify the file path to find the file.

network

show ip

• ifconfig (Linux )[1]
• ipconfig/all (Win )

ping

• ping domain_or_ip (Linux )
• ping domain_or_ip -t (Win )

whois: search the information of domain

• whois domain (Linux or Win : require to install whois for windows)

system operation

reboot the system/server

• reboot (Linux )
• shutdown -r (Win )

help for command

• command --help or man command (Linux )
• command /? (Win )

further reading

• ÆtherDev - Windows | Linux Equivalent Commands[Last visited: 2012-09-07]