The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands(techkettle.blogspot.com)
24 pointsby elsadek5 hours ago7 comments
  • Akuehne2 hours ago
    My most used windows command is, and will always be, `ls`.

    Then I'm reminded that it's not a know file or directory.

    • IcyWindows44 minutes ago
      It's been nearly 20 years since powershell came out.
  • malbsan hour ago
    findstr is an underappreciated command line tool. I use it a lot
  • hackyhacky25 minutes ago
    > Author's note: From here on, the content is AI-generated

    Kudos to the author for their honesty in admitting AI use, but this killed my interest in reading this. If you can use AI to generate this list, so can anyone. Why would I want to read AI slop?

    HN already discourages AI-generated comments. I hope we can extend that to include a prohibition on all AI-generated content.

    > Don't post generated comments or AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.

    • rmunn13 minutes ago
      If the author had also included a note explaining that he'd *reviewed* what the AI produced and checked it for correctness, I would be willing to trust the list. As it is, how do I know the `netstat` invocation is correct, and not an AI hallucination? I'll have to check it myself, obviating most of the usefulness of the list. The only reason such a list is useful is if you can trust it without checking.
  • WaterRun2 hours ago
    I recently had a similar idea. https://github.com/Water-Run/Cmdset
  • 8notean hour ago
    ok, but how do i get the only linux command i know?

    ctrl+r

    • usr11068 minutes ago
      Works just fine in powershell. Avoid using command prompt and life is already a bit better
    • thunderbong3 minutes ago
      F7
  • jmclnx2 hours ago
    Not bad, but one big criticism, never do a 'kill -9' first, that will stop the program from cleaning up after itself if killed using -9.

    Use one of these instead:

        -TERM   then wait, if not
    -INT    then wait, if not
    -HUP    then wait, if not
    -ABRT
    If you are sure all of these fail, then use -9 (-KILL). But assume the program has a major bug and try and find another program that will do the same task and use that instead.
  • jpease2 hours ago
    CTRL-ALT-DEL?