Basic UNIX Commands

The following is a skeleton list of basic UNIX shell commands.

UNIX Command	Description	DOS Equivalent(s)
cp	Copy a file from one place to another	copy
kill	Kill a process. How to use: Use the ps command to find a process. In BSD or Linux, try ps aux. Then, copy the process ID (pid) and type kill [pid]. If that doesn't work, try kill -9 [pid]. (The parameter -9 will force the process to die no matter what.)	(Slightly comparable to hitting Alt+Ctrl+Del)
ls	List the contents of the current directory	dir
man	man will call up a manual on a specified command. Syntax: man [command]	help
mkdir	Make a new directory. Syntax: mkdir [name]	mkdir
mv	Move a file or directory from one place to another Syntax: mv [source] [destination]	move
ps	List processes. Can be used to view system processes and user processes.	None in DOS; in Windows NT, 2000, and XP, hitting Alt+Ctrl+Del is comparable.
rm	Remove a file.	del
rmdir	Remove an empty directory. Note Use "rm -r [directory]" to remove a directory with files in it.	del
whois	Get information on a domain. Example whois megapipe.net	n/a