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TechRepublic/ZDNet Australia: Mimic DOS Commands in Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 21, 2004

If you’re an IT support professional who’s comfortable with
working at the command prompt in Windows, you might quickly find
yourself lost when you first open a command line in Linux. Most of
the familiar DOS commands you grew up with don’t exist in Linux. So
you find yourself facing the daunting task of learning and
remembering a whole new set of commands.

“As an alternative, you can take advantage of the flexibility
inherent in the Linux command shell and create scripts that allow
you to emulate DOS commands in a Linux environment. Here’s
how…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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