Unix / OSX Terminal
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MS-DOS
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/directory1/directory2/
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\directory1\directory2\
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Folder in hierarchical order. e.g. /Users/yourhome/Desktoop/filename
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cd /directory/
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cd \directory\
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Change directory. Move to a folder
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mv filename1 filename2
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ren filename1 filename2
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Change filename: filename1 is erased and filename2 is created.
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cp filename1 filename2
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copy filename1 filename2
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Copy file. The same file in another filename.
filename1 remains
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rm filename
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del filename |
Erase a file. Use wild card [*] to erase
multiple files.
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cat filename
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type filename
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Output the contents of a file. Default:
to display, > newfile, >> add to an existing file
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ls /directory/
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dir \directory\
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Output a filelist in a directory. ls
-s [file size], ls -l [all details]
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mkdir /directory/
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md \directory\
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Make a new directory
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rmdir /directory/
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rd \directory\
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Remove an empty directory
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echo
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echo
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Output key input to display, or redirect
to a file.
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script1 | script2
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n.a.
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"|" is called "pipe". Send output of
script 1 to process by script 2
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| command/script > file |
command/script > file
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">" redirects output to a device. Default
is display. Most commonly to a file.
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command/script >> file
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command/script >> file
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">>" (double ">") appends output to
an existing file.
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ctrl + c
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ctrl + c
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Abort running command.
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pwd
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n.a.
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Show full path of present working directory
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su
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n.a.
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Request for temporal superuser privilege
. exit: return to your user privilege
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