> "Author's note: From here on, the content is AI-generated"
Ah, I see, googling the equivalent of "clear" was too much work and you had to get an LLM to do it for you. Well at least you were honest about it
The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
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Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#42My most used windows command is, and will always be, `ls`. Then I'm reminded that it's not a know file or directory.
On one our linux machine filesystem became strange, probably because somebody mistyped `ls /bin` as `ln /bin`. I think docs say hardlinking folders is impossible or maybe /bin was a symlink.
Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#43ridiculous...
Why this entry is in the top 30?
Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#44Why would you use CMD when Powershell exists?
Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#45Can I just do a shout-out for UnxUtils [1]?
I've had it on every Windows computer I used at work since forever now, and it is extremely useful to be able to use things like `sed` and `gawk` (and even `make`) from the command prompt
Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#46Can I just do a shout-out for UnxUtils [1]? I've had it on every Windows computer I used at work since forever now, and it is extremely useful to be able to use things like `sed` and `gawk` (and even `make`) from the command prompt [1] https://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
Yuck. Just install WSL and be done with it
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#47Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#48Why would you use CMD when Powershell exists?
Because powershell is weird and obtuse? Or because powershell works slightly different in the terminal va the powershell dev environment? Its a tool most of us use under duress rather than choice
Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#49Why would you use CMD when Powershell exists?
Its very likely that its just because i have almost no experience with powershell meanwhile i have now ~4-5 years of dailying linux but i just find the powershell commands to be very cumbersome to use.
They are wayyy to long and descriptive instead of just 2-4 letters, there are 500 different commands for very specific uses instead of 10 tools that you can use and combine todo almost everything and if i recall correctly (my memory might trick me here tho) the errors are far less readable at a first glance and fill the entire terminal for simple things.
CMD meanwhile feels like bash.
Most of my issues with it are probably just skill issues tho since like i said i dont really use or know it alot so i am happy to be corrected :) I mean if every Windows Sysadmin tells me how great powershell is, i cant just assume that they all are wrong (Or maybe its just the only way todo something thats otherwise simple over the terminal on windows, idk)
Re: The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands
#50Can I just do a shout-out for UnxUtils [1]? I've had it on every Windows computer I used at work since forever now, and it is extremely useful to be able to use things like `sed` and `gawk` (and even `make`) from the command prompt [1] https://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
Yuck. Just install WSL and be done with it
Underrated secondary option: git bash. Lower setup overhead than full WSL, although it is slower if you need to work on a lot of files or spawn a lot of processes.