For more information about any of the UNIX system commands, consult the Operating System User's Reference.
The commands listed in Table A-1, ``Equivalent UNIX and DOS commands'' are for working with UNIX system files. If you have DOS installed on the same machine as your SCO OpenServer system, you can access your DOS files from within the UNIX system. For more information about accessing DOS files from the SCO OpenServer system, see Chapter 6, ``Working with DOS'' in the Operating System User's Guide or doscmd(C).
Table A-1 Equivalent UNIX and DOS commands
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DOS UNIX system
command What it does equivalent Notes
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cd change cd(C)
directories
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cls clear the screen clear(C)
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copy copy files cp(C) Use cp to copy files, copy
copy(C) to copy directories, and
tar(C) tar to copy files or
directories onto floppy
disks or tapes.
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date display the date(C) On the UNIX system, date
system date and cal(C) displays the date and the
time time. cal displays the
date, the time, and a 3-
month calendar.
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del delete a file rm(C) Be careful when using rm
with wildcard characters,
like rm ∗ .
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dir list the ls(C) There are a variety of
contents of a options to ls including ls
directory -l to see a long listing,
ls -c to see a listing in
columns, and ls -f to see a
listing that indicates file
types.
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diskcomp make a track- diskcmp(C)
by-track
comparison of
two floppy disks
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diskcopy copy a source diskcp(C)
disk to a target
disk
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edlin line editor ed(C) vi is a full-screen text
ex(C) editor with powerful search
vi(C) and replace functions. ed
and ex are predecessors of
vi.
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fc compare two diff(C) diff compares two text
files diff3(C) files. diff3 compares three
cmp(C) text files. Use cmp to
compare binary files.
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find find text within grep(C) grep (global regular
a file expression parser) finds
text within a file. The
UNIX system's find(C)
command finds files.
format format a disk format(C) See /etc/default/format for
the default drive to
format. The format command
formats a disk for use with
UNIX system files. Use
dosformat (see doscmd(C) to
format a DOS disk.
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mkdir make a directory mkdir(C)
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more display output more(C)
one screen at a
time
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print print files in lp(C) Use lp filename & to print
the background in the background. You can
run any UNIX system command
in the background by adding
& (ampersand) to the end of
the command line.
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ren rename a file mv(C)
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rmdir remove an empty rmdir(C) Use rm -r to remove a
directory directory that is not
empty.
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sort sort data sort(C)
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type display a text cat(C)
file more(C)
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xcopy copy directories copy(C) Use tar if you want to copy
tar(C) directories onto disk or
tape.