Stuff I've found useful while working with Windows systems.
| Purpose | Linux | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Directory list | ls | dir |
| Display file's contents | cat | type |
| Display file with a pager | less file | type file | more |
| Copy file | cp | copy |
| Delete file | rm | del |
| Rename file | mv | ren |
| Show network interfaces | ifconfig -a | ipconfig /all |
| Show running processes | ps | tasklist |
| Search for strings | grep | findstr | find |
| Terminate a process | kill | taskkill |
| Change file attributes | chmod | attrib |
| Clear screen | clear | cls |
| Compare files | diff | fc |
| Show disk usage | df | freedisk |
| Show memory usage | free | mem |
| System information | uname -a | systeminfo |
Further reading on Windows command line nonsense:
These strings are found in user agent strings in browsers amongst other places and can be used to identify a machine's operating system:
| Platform Token | Description |
|---|---|
| Windows NT 10.0 | Windows 10 |
| Windows NT 6.3 | Windows 8.1 |
| Windows NT 6.2 | Windows 8 |
| Windows NT 6.1 | Windows 7 |
| Windows NT 6.0 | Windows Vista |
| Windows NT 5.2 | Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP x64 Edition |
| Windows NT 5.1 | Windows XP |
| Windows NT 5.01 | Windows 2000 SP1 |
| Windows NT 5.0 | Windows 2000 |
| Windows NT 4.0 | Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 |
| Windows 98 | Windows ME (Millennium Edition) |
| Win 9x 4.90 | Windows ME |
| Windows 98 | Windows 98 |
| Windows 95 | Windows 95 |
| Windows CE | Windows CE |
Further reading:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions
- https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
This drove me nuts. Hitting ^D to exit, ^L to clear screen, etc did not work. Luckily, Powershell has a profile file similar to bash/zsh:
"Set-PSReadlineOption -EditMode Emacs" | Add-Content $Profile
.$Profile
The bell is also annoying. Disable it:
"Set-PSReadlineOption -BellStyle None" | Add-Content $Profile
.$Profile
$PSVersionTable.PSVersion
w32tm /query /peers
- Resolve IP address to NetBIOS name:
nbtstat -A 10.10.10.10
- Show local name table:
nbtstat -n
- Show local name cache:
nbtstat -c
- Show NetBIOS statistics:
nbtstat -S
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux