MS-DOS/Windows | Unix Equivalent (approximate) |
Acrobat Reader | Numerous free replacements: poppler, xpdf, kpdf, ...
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at | at (copied from Unix)
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attrib | chmod
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bat file | shell script
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c: | (see Drive Letters)
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call | sh
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cd | cd (copied from Unix)
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cd[no args] | pwd
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chcp | (done with environment variable LANG)
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chdir | cd (copied from Unix, with a longer name)
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chkdsk | fsck
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cmd/command | a terminal program + a shell (many choices)
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copy | cp
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date | date (but doesn't force you to hit return after)
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del | rm
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dir | ls
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dir/s | find (sometimes locate)
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Drive letters | Mount points (unified filesystem)
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edlin | vi, emacs (256x more powerful)
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erase | rm
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excel | scalc (part of libreoffice)
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exit | exit
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fc | diff
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fdisk | fdisk (the one command here copied TO Unix)
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help | help
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if | if (many more flow control capabilities)
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IIS | Apache Httpd, Apache Tomcat, JBoss AS, nginx, many others
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Illustrator | Inkscape (free)
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Internet Explorer | Firefox, Chrome, Chromebooks
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ipconfig | ifconfig (copied w/ 1-char name change from BSD Unix)
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md,mkdir | mkdir
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more | more (copied from Unix)
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MS Office | libreoffice.org, koffice, others.
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MS Windows | (Linux|OpenBSD|FreeBSD|...) + X Windows + (KDE|GNOME|XFCE|...)
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net use | mount
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notepad | kedit,kate,gedit,...
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NUL: | /dev/null (copied from Unix)
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Office | Where I work. See MS Office.
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PageMaker | Scribus (free)
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Photoshop | Gimp (free)
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popd | popd (depends on shell)
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powerpoint | Impress (part of libreoffice)
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print | lp/lpr (backed by lpd or CUPS)
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Publisher | LibreOffice Writer, Scribus
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pushd | pushd (depends on shell)
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ren | mv
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set | set+export (Ksh/Bash); setenv (CSH)
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setlocal | should be called setlocale; controlled by LOCALE environment variable
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shift | shift (copied from Unix)
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sort | sort
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SQL Server | PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.
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start | n/a; depends on Desktop; can write shell script to do
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time | date
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title | (done with echo and escape sequences in most terminal emulators)
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type | cat or more
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ver | uname
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vol | varies; try disklabel
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Windows | Are for looking out of; see MS Windows for Microsoft Windows replacements
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Word | Is what I speak. See 'word processing' for Microsoft Word replacements
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word processing | Writer (part of libreoffice); many others
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xcopy | cp -r
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