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Commands in PC Operating Systems

Can you list common commands in DOS/Windows, Linux, and CP/M?
CP/M counts as a PC operating system because of CP/M-86.
One CP/M command is exclusive to CP/M-86.
All Windows commands are identical to their DOS equivalents.
Bonus: Name the creators of these operating systems.
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CP/M
DOS
Linux
Duplicate one or more files
pip
copy
cp
Rename one or more files
ren
rename (ren)
mv
Relocate one or more files
 
move
mv
Delete one or more files
era
del (erase)
rm
Display a file's contents
type
type
cat
View and modify a file
ed
edit
ed
Display the contents of a folder
dir
dir
ls
Change active folder
user
chdir (cd)
cd
Create a folder
 
mkdir (md)
mkdir
Delete a folder
 
rmdir (rd)
rmdir
Partition a disk
 
fdisk
fdisk
Format a disk
newdisk
format
mkfs
Check filesystem
 
chkdsk
fsck
Copy an entire disk to another disk
copydisk
diskcopy
dd
Creator
CP/M
Gary Kildall
DOS
Tim Paterson
Linux
Linus Torvalds
Matriks404
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Level 22
Dec 13, 2018
Shouldn't it be 'cat' instead of 'more' on Linux for displaying a file's content? More is used for display output of a command in pages both on Linux/Windows and other Unix-like operating systems.
sumguy
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Level 84
Dec 13, 2018
Yes, you're absolutely right. That's embarrassing. I had actually intended to take another look at this quiz, having just completed a Linux course in college, but thanks for catching it before I did.

Since correcting the answer reset the stats anyway, I've added two more questions.

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