| RiscOS commands | Unix & friends shells | Microsoft command line | |
|---|---|---|---|
| case sensitive | no | yes | no |
| the help for cmd | help cmd | cmd --help, man cmd, ... | cmd /? |
| root dir sign | $* | / | \ |
| start of comments | | | # | rem |
| dir separator | . | / | \ |
| break key | Esc | Ctrl-C | Ctrl-Break |
| end of input key | Esc | Ctrl-D | Ctrl-Z |
| stop/resume text output key | Scroll Lock | Scroll Lock, Ctrl-S, Ctrl-Q | Ctrl-S, Ctrl-Q |
| execute cmd | run cmd | cmd | cmd |
| wildcards | * # | * ? | * ? |
| the `parent' directory | ^ | .. | .. |
| output redirection | >, 2> | >, 2> | > |
| empty device | null: | /dev/null | nul |
| set var with val | set var val | var=val | set var=val |
| evalute expr | eval expr | $((expr)) | |
| expand A variable | <A> | $A, ${A} | %A% |
| cat, lcat, count, ex, lex, info, fileinfo | ls, du | dir | |
| dir, up, back | cd, pushd, popd | cd | |
| type, list, print | cat | type | |
| dump | od | ||
| delete, remove, wipe | rm | del | |
| access, settype | chmod | attrib | |
| copy | cp | copy | |
| rename | mv | ren | |
| cdir | mkdir | mkdir | |
| stamp | touch | ||
| shut | sync | ||
| shutdown | shutdown | ||
| echo | echo | echo | |
| show | set | set | |
| free | df | dir | |
| time | date | date | |
| unset | unset |