Windows cmd vs Linux shell commands   

Windows

Linux

Type

Description

Command 

Example

Result

Command

Example

Result

General

Logoff

shutdown

shutdown -l

reboot

reboot

Restart

shutdown

shutdown -r

logout

logout

Shutdown

shutdown

shutdown -s

poweroff

poweroff

Show user

echo %USERNAME%

echo %USERNAME%

user

echo

echo $USER

user

Install application

apt-get
yum

sudo apt-get install ${package}
yum install ${package}

Remove application

apt-get
yum

apt-get remove ${package}
yum remove ${package}

Zip/unzip current folder

zip
unzip

zip -r file.zip folder
zip file.zip file
unzip -l file.zip

unzip

sudo apt-get install zip unzip
zip -r files.zip folder
zip files.zip file1 file2 file3
unzip /path/to/file.zip

Connect ssh

You need putty client

plink [email protected] -P 33

ssh

ssh [email protected]  -p 33

List mounted devices

net use

net use

findmnt

findmnt -lo source,target,fstype,label,options -t ext4

Mount Remote

net use

net use \\Server\ShareFolder

mount

mount 192.168.1.1:/home /mnt/nfs/home

Show network info

ipconfig

ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration
   Host Name
   DNS Suffix Search List
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
   Physical Address
   IPv4 Address
   Subnet Mask

ifconfig

ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr
          inet addr:  Bcast:  Mask:
          inet6 addr: 
eth1      Link encap:Local  Hwaddr

Execute script

test.cmd

./

./test.sh

History

F7

F7

0: dir
1: cd ..
2: quser

history

history

  1  ls
  2  cd ..
  3  pwd

Go to previous command

↑ or F8

F8 or ↑

↑

↑

Search for commands

CTRL+R

CTRL+R and type the command

Clears screen

cls

cls

clear

clear

Closes shell prompt

exit

exit

exit

Displays or sets date

date

date

date

Displays command help

command /?

dir /?

info

man command

Displays command help 2

help command

help dir

man

info command

Autocompletion

TAB

TAB

TAB

TAB

Uptime and logged user

quser

C:\Users\user\Desktop>quser

USERNAME;SESSIONNAME;ID;
STATE;IDLE;TIME;LOGON;TIME
>user;console;1;Active;none;
4/5/2016;8:48 AM

uptime

uptime

06:18:56 up 75 days, 17:31,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Files &
Folders

Show current folder

cd

cd

C:\Users\user

pwd

pwd

/home/user

Show current folder 2

chdir

chdir

C:\Users\user

echo

echo $PWD

/home/user

Create file

copy NUL file1.txt

touch

touch file.txt

Create file

echo. 2>file2.txt

cat

cat > myfile.txt

Renames a file

ren

ren file1.txt file2.txt

mv

mv tfileold.txt filenew.txt

Copies files

copy

copy file1.txt C:/foldercopy

cp

cp file.txt /home/foldercopy

Moves files

move

move file1.txt C:/newfolder

mv

mv file.txt /home/newfolder

Lists files

dir

ls

ls

Collect file names

dir

dir "C:\" >FilesC.txt /b /o

file1
file2

find

find /home -name '*'

/home/file1
/home/file2

Deletes files

del

del deleteme.txt

rm

rm deleteme.txt

Deletes folder

rmdir

rmdir /S deleteme

rm -r

rm -r deleteme

"Echoes" output to the screen

echo

echo

echo this message

Delete file content

type
break

type nul > file.txt
break>file.txt

cat

> file.txt
cat /dev/null > file.txt

Compares the contents of files

fc

fc file1.txt  file2.txt

Comparing files file1.txt and file2.txt
***** file1.txt
1
***** file2.txt
2
*****

diff

diff file1.txt file2.txt

Finds a string of text in a file

find

find "test" 123.txt

---------- 123.TXT
test

grep

grep test file1.txt

test line

Displays help

command /?

dir /?

info

man command

Displays help 2

help command

help dir

man

info command

Creates a folder

mkdir

mkdir newfolder

mkdir

mkdir directory

View file content

more

more file1.txt

less

less file1.txt

View file content 2

type

type file1.txt

tail

tail -n 15 file1.txt

Edit file

edit

edit  file1.txt

vi
nano
gedit

vi file.txt
nano  file.txt
gedit  file.txt

Changes directories with a specified path (absolute path)

cd

cd C:/

cd

cd /directory/directory

Go one folder

cd

cd ..

cd

cd ..

Search for a file

dir

dir /s *test*

07/31/2010  02:30 AM               301 test.png
               1 File(s)            301 bytes

find

find / -name '*test*'

/home/test.txt
/home/file2.png

Search for text files

dir

dir /b/s *.txt 

find

find / -name '*.txt'

Change files extension to lower

ren

ren *.TXT *.txt

mv

 for i in $( ls *.TXT ); do echo $i; mv $i  ${i%%.TXT}.txt; done

Check files permissions

ls

ls -l /home/user

"-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  53 Mar 23  2015 /home/user"

Change Permissions

chmod

chmod 755 file

Changing ownership

chown

chown user file

Changing group ownership

chgrp

chgrp group file

Other

Displays the date

date

date /T

Wed 07/05/2017

date

date '+%d %W %Y'
date '+%D'

05 27 2017
05/27/2017

Displays the time

time

time /T

1:27 PM

date

date '+%X'

12:18:22 PM

Shows amount of RAM in use

wmic

wmic OS get FreePhysicalMemory /Value

free

free

Show disk space

wmic

wmic logicaldisk get size,freespace,caption

dh

dh -f

Show processes

tasklist

tasklist

top

top

Services

Stop execution

CTRL+C

CTRL+C

CTRL+C

CTRL+C

Start service

net

net start [serviceName]

service

sudo service [serviceName] start

Stop service

net

net stop [serviceName]

service

sudo service [serviceName] stop

Start service 2

sc

sc start [serviceName]

systemctl

sudo systemctl start [serviceName]

Stop service 2

sc

sc stop [serviceName]

systemctl

sudo systemctl stop [serviceName]

Variables

Display all variables

set

set

USERNAME=user
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\user
windir=C:\Windows

printenv

printenv

HOME=/home/user
LOGNAME=user

Display variable

echo

echo %USERNAME%

user

echo

echo $HOME

/home/user

Display variable 2

set

set USERNAME

USERNAME=user

printenv

printenv | grep

HOME=/home/user

Set variable

set

set MYVAR=VALUE

export

export MYVAR=/path/to/var

Set variable permanent

setx

setx MYVAR VALUE

change profile

vi ~/.bash_proflle
export MYVAR=/path/to/var