CompTIA A+ 220-1102 | Windows & Linux Commands

cd

(WN) allows the user to change directory, aka “chdir”

dir

(WN) allows the user to view a listing of files and folders in a directory

md

(WN) allows the user to make a directory, aka “mkdir”

rmdir

(WN) allows the user to delete directories, aka “rd”

Drive Navigation Inputs (WN)

(WN) to navigate to a different drive (instead of using cd within a drive), use the drive letter and a semicolon, aka C: or X:

ipconfig

(WN) displays network configuration info like IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway

ping

(WN) checks if another device can communicate with you, and provides an estimated round-trip time for sending info

hostname

(WN) displays the host name portion of the computers full name

netstat

(WN) displays active network connections, routing tables, and network protocol statistics

nslookup

(WN) lets users enter a host name and find out the corresponding IP address or DNS record

chkdsk

(WN) examines disk space and disk use and provides a status report specific to each file system

net user

(WN) allows you to add, modify, or delete user accounts, and display detailed information about user accounts on a local computer or domain

net use

(WN) connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource, or displays information about computer connections

tracert

(WN) determines the route to a destination by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo packets to the destination

format

(WN) formats a drive to accept Windows files

xcopy

(WN)

copy

(WN)

robocopy

(WN)

gpupdate

(WN)

gpresult

(WN)

shutdown

(WN)

sfc

(WN)

[command name] /?

(WN)

diskpart

(WN)

pathping

(WN)

winver

(WN)

ls

(LX)

pwd

(LX)

mv

(LX)

cp

(LX)

rm

(LX)

chmod

(LX)

chown

(LX)

su/sudo

(LX)

apt-get

(LX)

yum

(LX)

ip

(LX)

df

(LX)

grep

(LX)

ps

(LX)

man

(LX)

top

(LX)

find

(LX)

dig

(LX)

cat

(LX)

nano

(LX)