batch-file Differences between Batch (Windows) and Terminal (Linux)
Introduction
Batch and bash are quite different. Batch flags are indicated with a
/, while bash flags use a -. Capitalization matters in bash, but (almost) not at all in batch. Batch variable names can contain spaces, bash variable names can not. Ultimately, both are ways of manipulating and interacting with the command line. Not surprisingly, there is a reasonably-sized amount of overlap between the capabilities of the two systems.
Remarks
bitsadminis deprecated in favor of the PowerShell cmdlet BITS but still works as of Windows 10 version 1607certutilseparates pairs of hexadecimal digits with a space, somd5sumwill return an example value ofd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e, whilecertutildisplays the same value asd4 1d 8c d9 8f 00 b2 04 e9 80 09 98 ec f8 42 7e- To
cdto another drive (for example, from C: to D:) the/dflag must be used delcan not delete folders, userminsteadgrepis so much more powerful thanfindandfindstr, it's almost not fair to compare them;findhas no regex capabilities andfindstrhas extremely limited regex capabilities ([a-z]{2}is not valid syntax, but[a-z][a-z]is)forloops on the Windows command prompt can only use single-character variable names; this is the only time batch variable names are case-sensitiveforloops on the command prompt also use the variable form%Ainstead of%A%-forloops in batch scripts use the variable form%%Amdautomatically creates any necessary parent directories, whilemkdirneeds the-pflag to do soremmay not be used as an inline comment character unless it is preceded by a&::may not be used as an inline comment at all, and should also not be used inside of a code block (set of parentheses)
- Note that some Windows command like
pingstill uses-as flags
