# Equivalent Windows and *NIX commands \*NIX ↔ Windows command equivalencies (more-or-less): | \*NIX | Windows | | -----------:|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | [[cat]] | [type](https://superuser.com/questions/434870/what-is-the-windows-equivalent-of-the-unix-command-cat#434876) | | [[dig]] | [[nslookup]] | | [[grep]] | [[findstr]] / select | | ifconfig | [[ipconfig]] | | ls | [[dir]] | | [[more]] | more | | [[netstat]] | [[netstat]] | | [[ping]] | [[ping]] | | shutdown | shutdown | | sleep | timeout | | [[sudo]] | [[RunAs]] | | [[tcpdump]] | windump | | traceroute | tracert | | wget | wget | | hostname | hostname | | [[whoami]] | [[whoami]] | You can also manipulate command input and output in a similar fashion: - Redirect to a file: `>` - Pipe the output of one command into another: `|` - Run commands in sequence, stopping at the first failure: `&` (Windows) or `&&` (\*NIX)