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