| InterLinked via plug on 4 Jun 2026 13:53:31 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windows |
On 6/4/2026 10:07 AM, jeffv via plug wrote:
Grep this: Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windowshttps://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/03/grep-this-microsoft-grafts-most-linux-commands-onto-windows/5250796Coreutils serves over 75 Unix commands in Windows and PowerShell command lines
Unix commands like grep, gcc, bash, perl, etc. have been available natively on Windows for a quarter-century now, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX
The UNIX subsystem is built into Windows (well, the more premium editions of it, like Windows 7 Enterprise/Ultimate); the tools themselves have to be separately downloaded, but it's a simple install. I believe most of the GNU utilities are included.
Then, you can run tools like grep, sed, etc. from Command Prompt. No emulators, virtualization, etc. is being used:
C:\Users\interlinked>grep usage: grep [-abcEFGHhIiLlnoPqRrSsUvwx] [-A num] [-B num [-C[num]] [-e pattern] [-f file] [--binary-files=value] [--context[=num]] [--line-buffered] [pattern] [file ...]Not exactly the same thing, but the extent to which "grep available on Windows in 2026" and even things like WSL have been "revolutionary" have always been overhyped, IMO.
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