Editing Comparison of operating systems (section)

== Commands ==
For [[POSIX]] compliant (or partly compliant) systems like [[FreeBSD]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]] or [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], the basic commands are the same because they are standardized.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! scope="col" | Feature
! scope="col" | [[AROS]]
! scope="col" | [[FreeBSD]]
! scope="col" | [[Linux|Linux-based]]
! scope="col" | [[HP-UX]]
! scope="col" | [[OpenVMS]]
! scope="col" | [[macOS]]
! scope="col" | [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]
! scope="col" | [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (cmd)
! scope="col" | Windows ([[PowerShell]])
|-
! scope="row" | List directory
| {{mono|list, dir}}
| {{mono|ls}}
| {{mono|ls}}
| {{mono|ls}}
| {{mono|dir}}
| {{mono|ls}}
| {{mono|ls}}
| {{mono|dir}}
| {{mono|Get-ChildItem}}
|-
! scope="row" | Clear console
| {{mono|clear}}
| {{mono|clear}}
| {{mono|clear}}
| {{mono|clear}}
| {{mono|ty/pa nl}}:
| {{mono|clear}}
| {{mono|clear}}
| {{mono|cls}}
| {{mono|Clear-Host}}
|-
! scope="row" | Copy file(s)
| {{mono|copy}}
| {{mono|cp}}
| {{mono|cp}}
| {{mono|cp}}
| {{mono|copy}}
| {{mono|cp}}
| {{mono|cp}}
| {{mono|copy}}
| {{mono|Copy-Item}}
|-
! scope="row" | Move file(s)
| {{mono|move}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|ren}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|move}}
| {{mono|Move-Item}}
|-
! scope="row" | Rename file(s)
| {{mono|rename}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|mv, rename}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|ren}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|mv}}
| {{mono|ren (rename}})
| {{mono|Rename-Item}}
|-
! scope="row" | Delete file(s)
| {{mono|delete}}
| {{mono|rm}}
| {{mono|rm}}
| {{mono|rm}}
| {{mono|del}}
| {{mono|rm}}
| {{mono|rm}}
| {{mono|del (erase}})
| {{mono|Remove-Item}}
|-
! scope="row" | Delete directory
| {{mono|delete}}
| {{mono|rmdir}}
| {{mono|rmdir}}
| {{mono|rmdir}}
| {{mono|del}}
| {{mono|rmdir}}
| {{mono|rmdir}}
| {{mono|rd (rmdir}})
| {{mono|Remove-Item}}
|-
! scope="row" | Create directory
| {{mono|makedir}}
| {{mono|mkdir}}
| {{mono|mkdir}}
| {{mono|mkdir}}
| {{mono|create/dir}}
| {{mono|mkdir}}
| {{mono|mkdir}}
| {{mono|md (mkdir}})
| {{mono|New-Item}}
|-
! scope="row" | Change current directory
| {{mono|cd}}<ref group="c" name="cd"/>
| {{mono|cd}}
| {{mono|cd}}
| {{mono|cd}}
| {{mono|set def}}
| {{mono|cd}}
| {{mono|cd}}
| {{mono|cd (chdir}})
| {{mono|Set-Location}}
|-
! scope="row" | Run shell script with new shell
| {{mono|shell file.shell}}
| {{mono|sh file.sh}}
| {{mono|sh file.sh}}
| {{mono|sh file.sh}}
| {{mono|@ file.com}}
| {{mono|sh file.sh}}
| {{mono|sh file.sh}}
| {{mono|cmd /c file.cmd}}
| {{mono|powershell file.ps1}}
|-
! scope="row" | Kill processes
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|kill, killall}}
| {{mono|killall, pkill, kill, skill}}
| {{mono|kill}}
| {{mono|stop}}
| {{mono|kill, killall}}
| {{mono|kill, pkill}}
| {{mono|taskkill}}
| {{mono|Stop-Process}}
|-
! scope="row" | Change process priority
| {{mono|changetaskpri}}
| {{mono|nice}}
| {{mono|nice, chrt}}
| {{mono|nice}}
| {{mono|set proc/prio}}
| {{mono|nice}}
| {{mono|nice}}
| {{mono|start /low, start /normal, start /high, start /realtime}}
| {{mono|Start-Process, wmic}}
|-
! scope="row" | Change [[Input/output|I/O]] priority
| {{dunno}}
| <ref group="c" name="nice1"/>
| {{mono|ionice}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|set proc/prio}}
| {{mono|nice}}<ref group="c" name="nice2"/>
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! scope="row" | Create file system
| {{mono|format}}
| {{mono|newfs}}
| {{mono|mkfs}}
| {{mono|newfs}}
| {{mono|init}}
| {{mono|mkfs}}
| {{mono|newfs, zpool{{\|}}zfs create}}
| {{mono|format}}
| {{mono|Format-Volume}}
|-
! scope="row" | File system check and recovery
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|fsck}}
| {{mono|fsck}}
| {{mono|fsck}}
| {{mono|analyze/disk}}
| {{mono|fsck}}
| {{mono|fsck}}
| {{mono|chkdsk}}
| {{mono|Repair-Volume}}
|-
! scope="row" | Create software raid
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|atacontrol, gmirror, zfs create}}
| {{mono|mdadm -C}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|diskutil appleRAID}}
| {{mono|metainit, zpool create}}
| {{mono|diskpart (mirror only}})
| {{mono|diskpart (mirror only}})
|-
! scope="row" | Mount device
| {{mono|mount}}
| {{mono|mount}}
| {{mono|mount}}
| {{mono|mount}}
| {{mono|mount}}
| {{mono|mount, diskutil mount}}
| {{mono|mount}}
| {{mono|mountvol}}
| {{mono|New-PSDrive}}
|-
! scope="row" | Unmount device
| {{mono|assign drivename: dismount}}
| {{mono|umount}}
| {{mono|umount}}
| {{mono|umount}}
| {{mono|dismount}}
| {{mono|umount, diskutil unmount(disk}})
| {{mono|umount}}
| {{mono|mountvol /d}}
| {{mono|Remove-PSDrive}}
|-
! scope="row" | Mount file as block device
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|mdconfig + mount}}
| {{mono|mount -o loop}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|hdid}}
| {{mono|lofiadm + mount}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! scope="row" | Show network configuration
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|ifconfig}}
| {{mono|ip addr, ifconfig}}
| {{mono|ifconfig, lanadmin}}
| {{mono|tcpip sh net (sh net}})
| {{mono|ifconfig}}
| {{mono|ifconfig}}
| {{mono|ipconfig}}
| {{mono|Get-NetIPInterface, ipconfig}}
|-
! scope="row" | Show network route
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|netstat -r, route get, route monitor}}
| {{mono|ip route, route}}
| {{mono|netstat -r}}
| {{mono|tcpip sh route}}
| {{mono|netstat -r, route get, route monitor}}
| {{mono|netstat -r}}
| {{mono|route}}
| {{mono|Get-NetRoute}}
|-
! scope="row" | Trace network route
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|traceroute}}
| {{mono|traceroute}}
| {{mono|traceroute}}
| {{mono|tcptrace}}
| {{mono|traceroute}}
| {{mono|traceroute}}
| {{mono|tracert}}
| {{mono|Test-NetConnection}}
|-
! scope="row" | Trace network route with pings
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|traceroute -I}}
| {{mono|traceroute -I, mtr}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{mono|tcptrace}}
| {{mono|traceroute -I}}
| {{mono|traceroute -I}}
| {{mono|pathping}}
| {{mono|pathping}}
|-
! scope="col" | Feature
! scope="col" | AROS
! scope="col" | FreeBSD
! scope="col" | Linux-based
! scope="col" | HP-UX
! scope="col" | OpenVMS
! scope="col" | macOS
! scope="col" | Solaris
! scope="col" | Windows (cmd)
! scope="col" | Windows (PowerShell)
|}

'''NOTE:''' Linux systems may vary by distribution which specific program, or even 'command' is called, via the POSIX {{mono|alias}} function.  For example, if you wanted to use the DOS {{mono|dir}} to give you a directory listing with one detailed file listing per line you could use {{code|2=bash|1=alias dir='ls -lahF'}} (e.g. in a session configuration file).

{{Reflist|group="c"|refs=
<ref name="cd">May be omitted. Simply entering the directory name will change to it.</ref>
<ref name="nice1">This feature is still in development, see [http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/stable/2009-01/msg00316.html].</ref>
<ref name="nice2">The nice command utilizes the setpriority() system call, which affects I/O priority, see [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man2/setpriority.2.html OS X man page] .</ref>
}}