I don't know if this is a dumb question or not but again as my professor says if you have doubts then clear them . What is the difference between Linux text mode and windows command prompt (cmd). I know both windows and Linux are different Operating Systems but when you look at the commands, some of the commands are common For Example cd command.
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The difference is the operating system. The command prompt (cmd) and a terminal emulator (linux bash shell or similar) are text interfaces to the operating system. They allow you to manipulate the file system and run programs without the graphical interface.
controlfreak123
2010-08-27 16:12:54
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You should read about Linux shells. The Bash shell for instance, is among the most used Linux shells... ever!
http://doc.dev.md/lsst/ch01sec07.html
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/shell.html
And if you're looking for a list of commands: http://www.physics.ubc.ca/mbelab/computer/linux-intro/html/
karlphillip
2010-08-27 16:14:24
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They're both based on the same idea and are called Command-Line Interfaces (see wikipedia). They operate off the same principals, just using different keywords to perform similar commands. It should be noted however, that the commands although similarly named, may not perform the exact same function. They are just abstractions of lower level functions of the operating system. Just like people can explain similar ideas using different words and phrases, the same applies in this situation. For reference here's a list of Bash commands: http://ss64.com/bash/ and the same website has windows commands.
GotDibbs
2010-08-27 16:14:49
Two salient points: (a) unix (of which linux is merely one kind) has a lot more commands than Windows, and a range of commands which can do a lot more, because the shell is the primary interface, rather than the window system and (b) the shell itself, the program which interprets your input and runs commands, is rather more sophisticated on unix than on Windows, and can do all sorts of redirection, conditionals, looping and so on and so forth. The Windows shell is a a fairly rudimentary thing (certainly still useful!) whereas the unix shell is a powerful working and programming environment.
Tom Anderson
2010-08-27 16:51:48
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It is not that commands are in common (well yes, maybe some), it is that they have the same name and do almost the same things, as for cd as you said.
The shells are an abstraction of the underlying operative system, Linux and Windows have a different kernel, hence the difference.
You might want to start here with your reading.
Alberto Zaccagni
2010-08-27 16:18:29
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Although superficially similar in some ways, the two command line interfaces have different lineages:
The Windows command prompt is based heavily on that of MS-DOS / PC-DOS, which in turn was based on the CP/M Console Command Processor. The CP/M CCP interface was itself based on an earlier operating system called RSTS.
The Linux shells trace their roots back to the original UNIX Thompson shell; the Thompson shell borrowed from the Multics shell (where the term "shell" originated).
Traces of these are still evident today - the DIR command in the Windows command prompt can be traced all the way back to the DIR command in RSTS, and similarly the ls command in GNU bash can be traced back to the Multics "list segments" command.
caf
2010-08-27 16:52:38