batch_bash_equivalences.txt

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                       KEYWORDS, VARIABLES AND OPERATORS

BATCH           BASH                EQUIVALENT MEANING

%1, %2, etc.    $1, $2, etc.        command-line parameter prefix
/               -                   command option flag
\               /                   directory path separator
==              =                   (equal-to) string comparison test
!==!            !=                  (not equal-to) string comparison test
|               |                   pipe
@               set +v              do not echo current command
*               *                   filename "wild card"
>               >                   file redirection (overwrite)
>>              >>                  file redirection (append)
<               <                   redirect stdin
%VAR%           $VAR                environmental variable
REM             #                   comment
NOT             !                   negate following test
NUL             /dev/null           "black hole" for burying command output
ECHO            echo                echo (many more option in Bash)
ECHO.           echo                echo blank line
ECHO OFF        set +v              do not echo command(s) following
FOR %%VAR IN        for var in
(LIST) DO       [list]; do          "for" loop
:LABEL          none                label
GOTO            none                jump to another location in the script
PAUSE           sleep               pause or wait an interval
CHOICE          case or select      menu choice
IF              if                  if-test
IF EXIST FILENAMif [ -e filnam ]    test if file exists
IF !%N==!       if [ -z "$N" ]      if replaceable parameter "N" not present
CALL            source or .         "include" another script
COMMAND /C      source or .         "include" another script (same as CALL)
SET             export              set an environmental variable
SHIFT           shift               left shift command-line argument list
SGN             -lt or -gt          sign (of integer)
ERRORLEVEL      $?                  exit status
CON             stdin               "console" (stdin)
PRN             /dev/lp0            (generic) printer device
LPT1            /dev/lp0            first printer device
COM1            /dev/ttyS0          first serial port

                                    COMMANDS

BATCH           BASH                EQUIVALENT MEANING

ASSIGN          ln                  link file or directory
ATTRIB          chmod               change file permissions
CD              cd                  change directory
CHDIR           cd                  change directory
CLS             clear               clear screen
COMP            diff, comm, cmp     file compare
COPY            cp                  file copy
Ctl-C           Ctl-C               break (signal)
Ctl-Z           Ctl-D               EOF (end-of-file)
DEL             rm                  delete file(s)
DELTREE         rm -rf              delete directory recursively
DIR             ls -l               directory listing
ERASE           rm                  delete file(s)
EXIT            exit                exit current process
FC              comm, cmp           file compare
FIND            grep                find strings in files
MD              mkdir               make directory
MKDIR           mkdir               make directory
MORE            more                text file paging filter
MOVE            mv                  move
PATH            $PATH               path to executables
REN             mv                  rename (move)
RENAME          mv                  rename (move)
RD              rmdir               remove directory
RMDIR           rmdir               remove directory
SORT            sort                sort file
TIME            date                display system time
TYPE            cat                 output file to stdout
XCOPY           cp                  (extended) file copy