Re: [PLUG] Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windows

[Martin Cracauer via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

jeffv via plug wrote on Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 10:07:11AM -0400: 
> Grep this: Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windows
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/03/grep-this-microsoft-grafts-most-linux-commands-onto-windows/5250796
> 
> Coreutils serves over 75 Unix commands in Windows and PowerShell command
> lines
> 
> 
> Now if they'd get the slashes right.....

Not just the slashes.

The biggest problem will be binary versus text pipes and line end
conversion/destruction. 

Martin
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