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Most of MS-DOS' commands were based on those of Unix and CP/M. 'cd', 'dir', 'clear', and 'echo' are usually found in both. MS-DOS added it's own commands, however, and made some different from those of existing versions of Unix, and no one saw any reason to change the names of existing ones in Unix.
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How do you find out what DOS Commands are available in Linux?
There is none. For starters, you have it backwards, DOS actually copied most of its commands from Unix (The rest came from CP/M.), which Linux is inspired by. Commands like "cd" and "dir" were Unix commands long before DOS even existed.
Is the architecture of Linux based on DOS?
No. Linux is a free, open-source version of UNIX. Many of DOS's commands were based on UNIX commands, but the underlying operating system is much more powerful than DOS.
What are Unix commands?
Commands you use in a Unix based computer OS to achieve certain things. Similar to MS/DOS commands in Windows. Mostly used in computers running the Linux OS. unix command
Why does Linux and unix share more commands than windows xp and unix?
Because Linux evolved from UNIX, but Windows evolved from DOS.
Does Windows Vista supports MS-DOS?
It supports some dos commands. Use start->run->cmd to check this out.
What are unix and DOS?
Unix and MS-DOS are Operating Systems.
What are similarities and differences between MS-DOS and UNIX?
Difference: Back in the days before Microsoft Windows dominated the PC market, operating system were controlled by commands. Prior to MS-Windows, PC users were required to learn these commands in order to perform routine tasks. During the 1980s, Microsoft DOS dominated the PC market while the early UNIX command systems were used on larger multi-processing servers. The main difference between UNIX and DOS is that DOS was originally designed for single-user systems, while UNIX was designed for systems with many users. While PC's have evolved into GUI interfaces such as Windows, UNIX systems have never evolved into GUI environments. Hence, The Oracle professional must master a bewildering number of cryptic UNIX commands in order to manage their Oracle databases, both on Windows NT and UNIX. One of the most confounding issues for the UNIX neophyte is being confronted with a complex UNIX command. The cryptic nature of UNIX is such that even the most seasoned UNIX professional may have trouble deciphering the purpose of the command. Because UNIX and MS-DOS were developed at the same time they share some common syntax, and the UNIX neophyte will be happy to find many common commands and concepts.Similarities: Both has CLI option and both are quick.
What are the advantages of unix os over ms-dos os?
Yes and no. If you have the hardware resources to run UNIX/Linux then you should. DOSBox can run any DOS program in UNIX, so there is no need for DOS if you can run UNIX. However, if you have an older computer or an embedded system where UNIX or Linux would have too much overhead, DOS is a better choice.
What are the socket types in UNIX?
Unix commands
What are two traditional UNIX commands used to send print jobs to a printer?
The lp and lpr commands are the traditional commands used to print jobs on UNIX.
How can you learn all of the Unix commands?
It would take a very long time to learn all of the Unix commands, and frankly, that isn't necessary. Most Unix users have a subset of commands they use all the time, and that is how they learn them.
Can you access c language in dos and unix?
You can write, compile and execute C-programs in both DOS and Unix, if that's what you meant.
