• Yes, but it also looks like MS-DOS.

• Many Unix commands work directly: mkdir, rmdir, cd, at, kill, more

• TCP/IP commands work exactly the same: ftp, telnet, finger, ping

• Pipes ( | )and redirects (<, <<, >, >>) do just what they do in Unix

But at times, Windows is just different enough from Unix to be annoying.

• In the arbitrary category:
  \path instead of /path
  /flag instead of -flag
  nmake 1 > mlog 2 > errorlog instead of make >& mlog
  doskey listdir = dir /OD instead of alias listdir ls -lt
  & instead of ;

• In the matter-of-taste category:
  dir instead of ls
  erase or del instead of rm
  wordpad or notepad instead of vi or emacs (both of these are available)
  TAB key* instead of ESC key (command completion)

  *The systems group has set up the TAB key as the way to complete commands on the login nodes. See  Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Registry Reference for directions on setting up your own Windows machine.

• In the spell-it-out category:
  copy instead of cp
  move instead of mv

• In the more-sensible category:
  type instead of cat
  find instead of grep

• In the more complicated category is history:
  right click the title bar on command prompt window > properties > options instead of set history = XX
  F7 function key instead of history
  up and down arrows* instead of !!
  F7 > use arrows to highlight desired command > "enter" instead of !X

  *using the up and down arrows moves the current command history to the command last repeated. Using F7 to pop up the history list does not change the list.

Most of the Unix commands listed above will work on the login nodes, if you uncomment the line