Cheatsheet of msdos
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This document provides a cheat sheet comparing common MSDOS commands to their Linux equivalents, including brief descriptions and sample code snippets. It lists over 50 MSDOS commands alphabetically such as ASSOC, ATTRIB, BREAK, CD, CLS, COPY, DATE, DEL, DIR, ECHO, FC, FORMAT, LABEL, MD, MOVE, PATH, REN, SET, TIME, TYPE, VER, and XCOPY. For each command, it shows the most similar Linux command and an example of how to use it. The document also includes some useful code blocks for common DOS/Windows scripting tasks.
![Cheat Sheet of MSDOS
DOS Description Equivalent LINUX Sample Code Snippet
Command Commands (Case
sensitive)
ASSOC Displays or modifies file extension associations. N/A assoc
ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes. chmod attrib -s -r -h <filename>
BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking. N/A BREAK [ON | OFF]
BCDEDIT Sets properties in boot database to control boot grub* bcdedit /export <SomeFile>
loading.
CACLS Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files. chmod and chown cacls <SomeDirOrFile> /g <username>:f
CALL Calls one batch program from another. exec call <SomeBatchFile>
CD/CHDIR Displays the name of or changes the current directory. cd cd <SomeDir>
CHCP Displays or sets the active code page number. N/A chcp
CHKDSK Checks a disk and displays a status report. fsck chkdsk <SomeDrive>:
CHKNTFS Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time. fsck chkntfs <SomeDrive>: <Parameters>
CLS Clears the screen. clear cls
CMD Starts a new instance of the Windows command bash/tcsh/zsh/ksh cmd
interpreter.
COLOR Sets the default console foreground and background color A
colors.
COMP Compares the contents of two files or sets of files. diff comp <File1> <File2>
COMPACT Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS N/A compact
partitions.
CONVERT Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the N/A CONVERT <drive>: /FS:NTFS
current drive.
COPY Copies one or more files to another location. cp copy <SourceFile> <DestFile>
DATE Displays or sets the date. date date /T
DEL Deletes one or more files. rm –iv del <filename>
DIR Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory. ls –l dir <path>
DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy/removable disks. N/A diskcomp a: b:
DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another. N/A diskcopy a: b:
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![LABEL Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk. N/A label <drive_letter>: <drive_label>
MD Creates a directory. mkdir md <directory_name>
MKDIR Creates a directory. mkdir mkdir <directory_name>
MKLINK Creates Symbolic Links and Hard Links ln mklink <link_name> <Target_file>
MORE Displays output one screen at a time. more more <file_name>
MOVE Moves one or more files from one directory to another mv move /Y <SourceFile> <DestPath>
directory.
NET Manipulate a windows service service net start <service_name>
OPENFILES Displays files opened by remote users for a file share. rsync Openfiles /query /s <HostName> /u
<Username> /p <Password>
PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable files. path
PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a N/A pause
message.
PRINT Prints a text file. lpr
PROMPT Changes the Windows command prompt. Change the prompt to Cruuent Time:
prompt $T
RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective recover <drive>:[path]filename
disk.
REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or # rem some comment
CONFIG.SYS.
REN/RENAME Renames a file or files. mv ren <filename> <new_filename>
REPLACE Replaces files. cp –f replace <SourceFile> <DestPath>
RMDIR/RD Removes a directory. rmdir rd <SomeDirectory>
ROBOCOPY Advanced utility to copy files and directory trees rsync ROBOCOPY Computer1reports
Computer2backup *.doc /S
SET Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment set SET variable=value
variables. echo %variable%
SETLOCAL Begins localization of environment changes in a batch
file.
SC Displays or configures services (background processes). service sc start <SomeService>
SCHTASKS Schedules commands and programs to run on a crontab schtasks /create /sc hourly /st
computer. <StartTime> /tn <TaskName> /tr <AppName>
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![SHIFT Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch
files.
SHUTDOWN Allows proper local or remote shutdown of machine. shutdown now/init 0 To shutdown: shutdown /s /t 0
To restart: shutdown /r /t 0
SORT Sorts input. sort sort <filename>
START Starts a separate window to run a specified program or start
command.
SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter. mount subst <NewDrive>: <SomeDrivePath>
SYSTEMINFO Displays machine specific properties and configuration. dmidcode systeminfo
TASKLIST Displays all currently running tasks including services. ps -ef tasklist
TASKKILL Kill or stop a running process or application. kill taskkill /ID <process_id>
TIME Displays or sets the system time. date time /T
TITLE Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session. title <SomeTitle>
TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or ls -R tree <SomeDir>
path.
TYPE Displays the contents of a text file. cat type <Filename>
VER Displays the Windows version. uname -a ver
VERIFY Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are N/A verify [ON | OFF]
written correctly to a disk.
VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number. vol_id --uuid vol <somedrive>:
XCOPY Copies files and directory trees. cp -R xcopy <SomeDestDir>
WMIC Displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) N/A It starts a CLI which accept multiple
information inside interactive command shell. commands, for help /?
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Cheatsheet of msdos
- 1. Cheat Sheet of MSDOS DOS Description Equivalent LINUX Sample Code Snippet Command Commands (Case sensitive) ASSOC Displays or modifies file extension associations. N/A assoc ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes. chmod attrib -s -r -h <filename> BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking. N/A BREAK [ON | OFF] BCDEDIT Sets properties in boot database to control boot grub* bcdedit /export <SomeFile> loading. CACLS Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files. chmod and chown cacls <SomeDirOrFile> /g <username>:f CALL Calls one batch program from another. exec call <SomeBatchFile> CD/CHDIR Displays the name of or changes the current directory. cd cd <SomeDir> CHCP Displays or sets the active code page number. N/A chcp CHKDSK Checks a disk and displays a status report. fsck chkdsk <SomeDrive>: CHKNTFS Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot time. fsck chkntfs <SomeDrive>: <Parameters> CLS Clears the screen. clear cls CMD Starts a new instance of the Windows command bash/tcsh/zsh/ksh cmd interpreter. COLOR Sets the default console foreground and background color A colors. COMP Compares the contents of two files or sets of files. diff comp <File1> <File2> COMPACT Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS N/A compact partitions. CONVERT Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert the N/A CONVERT <drive>: /FS:NTFS current drive. COPY Copies one or more files to another location. cp copy <SourceFile> <DestFile> DATE Displays or sets the date. date date /T DEL Deletes one or more files. rm –iv del <filename> DIR Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory. ls –l dir <path> DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy/removable disks. N/A diskcomp a: b: DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another. N/A diskcopy a: b: Prepared by Shuvradeb Barman Srijon (iamsrijon)
- 2. DISKPART Displays or configures Disk Partition properties. fdisk/parted DOSKEY Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and N/A DOSKEY ls=dir create marcos. DRIVERQUERY Displays current device driver status and properties. N/A driverquery ECHO Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off. echo echo %SomeVariable% ENDLOCAL Ends localization of environment changes in a batch file. N/A endlocal ERASE Deletes one or more files. rm erase <SomeFile> EXIT Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter). exit FC Compares two files or sets of files, and displays the diff fc <file1> <file2> differences between them. FIND Searches for a text string in a file or files. grep find <SomeToken> <SomeFile> FOR Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files. for/while/foreach For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /T') do (set mydate=%%b-%%a-%%c) FORMAT Formats a disk for use with Windows. format <drive>: /Q /FS:NTFS FSUTIL Displays or configures the file system properties. fsutil volume diskfree <SomeDrive>: FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension N/A ftype associations. GOTO Directs the Windows command interpreter to a labeled goto SomeLabel line in a batch program. GPRESULT Displays Group Policy information for machine or user. N/A gpresult /R GRAFTABL Enables Windows to display an extended character set N/A graftabl in graphics mode. HELP Provides Help information for Windows commands. help ICACLS Display, modify, backup, or restore ACLs for files and chmod and chown icacls <SomeFile> /grant directories. <SomeUser>:(D,WDAC) IF Performs conditional processing in batch programs. If IF EXIST filename ( del filename ) ELSE ( echo filename missing. ) Prepared by Shuvradeb Barman Srijon (iamsrijon)
- 3. LABEL Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a disk. N/A label <drive_letter>: <drive_label> MD Creates a directory. mkdir md <directory_name> MKDIR Creates a directory. mkdir mkdir <directory_name> MKLINK Creates Symbolic Links and Hard Links ln mklink <link_name> <Target_file> MORE Displays output one screen at a time. more more <file_name> MOVE Moves one or more files from one directory to another mv move /Y <SourceFile> <DestPath> directory. NET Manipulate a windows service service net start <service_name> OPENFILES Displays files opened by remote users for a file share. rsync Openfiles /query /s <HostName> /u <Username> /p <Password> PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable files. path PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a N/A pause message. PRINT Prints a text file. lpr PROMPT Changes the Windows command prompt. Change the prompt to Cruuent Time: prompt $T RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or defective recover <drive>:[path]filename disk. REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or # rem some comment CONFIG.SYS. REN/RENAME Renames a file or files. mv ren <filename> <new_filename> REPLACE Replaces files. cp –f replace <SourceFile> <DestPath> RMDIR/RD Removes a directory. rmdir rd <SomeDirectory> ROBOCOPY Advanced utility to copy files and directory trees rsync ROBOCOPY Computer1reports Computer2backup *.doc /S SET Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment set SET variable=value variables. echo %variable% SETLOCAL Begins localization of environment changes in a batch file. SC Displays or configures services (background processes). service sc start <SomeService> SCHTASKS Schedules commands and programs to run on a crontab schtasks /create /sc hourly /st computer. <StartTime> /tn <TaskName> /tr <AppName> Prepared by Shuvradeb Barman Srijon (iamsrijon)
- 4. SHIFT Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in batch files. SHUTDOWN Allows proper local or remote shutdown of machine. shutdown now/init 0 To shutdown: shutdown /s /t 0 To restart: shutdown /r /t 0 SORT Sorts input. sort sort <filename> START Starts a separate window to run a specified program or start command. SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter. mount subst <NewDrive>: <SomeDrivePath> SYSTEMINFO Displays machine specific properties and configuration. dmidcode systeminfo TASKLIST Displays all currently running tasks including services. ps -ef tasklist TASKKILL Kill or stop a running process or application. kill taskkill /ID <process_id> TIME Displays or sets the system time. date time /T TITLE Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session. title <SomeTitle> TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a drive or ls -R tree <SomeDir> path. TYPE Displays the contents of a text file. cat type <Filename> VER Displays the Windows version. uname -a ver VERIFY Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are N/A verify [ON | OFF] written correctly to a disk. VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number. vol_id --uuid vol <somedrive>: XCOPY Copies files and directory trees. cp -R xcopy <SomeDestDir> WMIC Displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) N/A It starts a CLI which accept multiple information inside interactive command shell. commands, for help /? Prepared by Shuvradeb Barman Srijon (iamsrijon)
- 5. Some Useful Code Blocks To set a variable from user input To go back to the drive root set /p <SomeVariable>=<PromptText> CD To read and print a file line by line To move one level up FOR /F "tokens=*" %i IN (<FileName>) DO @echo %i CD.. For fast help To remove a Directory and Subdirectory <SomeCommand> /? RD /S <SomeDirectory> To create/trunk and write into a file To print special characters ( >, <, | etc ) echo <InputText> > <FileName> Put caret (^) in front of the special character To append into a file To format a drive to NTFS echo <InputText> >> <FileName> format <DriveLetter>: /FS:NTFS To redirect input from file (Ex. to set date from file) date < <FileThatGotDate> Prepared by Shuvradeb Barman Srijon (iamsrijon)
- 6. To run FTP scripts ftp -s:<SampleFTPScript> <IPofFTPServer> Sample FTP Script content ftpuser ftppass SomeFTPCommands Technique to apply sleep (as there is no sleep command) ping <SomeInvalidIP> -n 1 -w <TimeInMilliseconds> > nul To set IP and DNS to Ethernet port (Ex. Interface Name = Local Area Connection) netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static <IPAddress> <SubnetMask> <DefaultGateway> netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static <PrimaryDNS> netsh interface ip set wins "Local Area Connection" static <SecondaryDNS> To view IP Configurations ipconfig /all To view all entries of ARP table arp –a To view Network Connections netstat To view routing configurations route print To add a persistent route route add <NetworkAdds> mask <SubnetMask> <GatewayAdds> -p Prepared by Shuvradeb Barman Srijon (iamsrijon)