Many IBM i administrators do afraid a VIOS shell. Yes, its different, completely different what we know from IBM i interface. In this post I want to show you a few commands which you know from a ‘green screen’ against its equivalent in a VIOS shell.
| IBM i command | VIOS |
| WRKLNK | ls |
| CD | cd |
| RNM | mv |
| CPY | cp |
| DSPF | cat, more |
| MOV | mv |
| RMVLNK, DEL | rm |
| MKDIR | mkdir |
| CRTUSRPRF | mkuser, mkgroup |
| CHGPWD | passwd |
| DLTUSRPRF | rmuser |
| CHGUSRPRF | chuser |
| DSPUSRPRF | lsuser |
| DSPPTF | ioslevel, lssw |
| WRKACTJOB | ps |
| WRKHDWRSC *CMN,*STG | lsdev –type adapter |
| PWRDWNSYS | shutdown |
| DSPFMWSTS | lsfware |
| WRKJOB | whoami |
| WRKPRB | errlog |
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