Statistics for Commands in PC Operating Systems

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Hint	Linux	% Correct
Change active folder (Linux)	cd	81%
Change active folder (DOS)	chdir (cd)	81%
Delete files (Linux)	rm	81%
Delete files (DOS)	del (erase)	78%
Create a folder (DOS)	mkdir (md)	78%
Duplicate files (Linux)	cp	74%
Display contents of a folder (Linux)	ls	74%
Create a folder (Linux)	mkdir	74%
Duplicate files (DOS)	copy	70%
Display a file's contents (Linux)	cat	67%
Relocate files (Linux)	mv	67%
Rename files (CP/M)	ren	67%
Rename files (DOS)	rename (ren)	67%
Delete a folder (Linux)	rmdir	67%
Delete a folder (DOS)	rmdir (rd)	67%
Display contents of a folder (DOS, CP/M)	dir	63%
View and modify a file (Linux)	ed	59%
Format a disk (DOS)	format	56%
Relocate files (DOS)	move	52%
Partition a disk (DOS, Linux)	fdisk	37%
Creator (Linux)	Linus Torvalds	37%
View and modify a file (CP/M)	ed	33%
Copy an entire disk to another disk (Linux)	dd	30%
Check filesystem (DOS)	chkdsk	26%
View and modify a file (DOS)	edit	22%
Display a file's contents (DOS, CP/M)	type	22%
Delete a file (CP/M)	era	15%
Check filesystem (Linux)	fsck	11%
Copy an entire disk to another disk (DOS)	diskcopy	7%
Creator (CP/M)	Gary Kildall	7%
Format a disk (Linux)	mkfs	7%
Copy an entire disk to another disk (CP/M)	copydisk	4%
Duplicate a file (CP/M)	pip	4%
Creator (DOS)	Tim Paterson	4%
Change active folder (CP/M)	user	4%
Format a disk (CP/M)	newdisk	0%