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What’s new for the Command Line in Windows 10 version 1803

March 7, 2018 Mar 7, 2018 03/7/18
Yosef Durr
The next Windows 10 update includes many new features for Command Line developers. In this post we'll review WSL, Hyper-V, new tools, and UWP Console applications coming to the Microsoft Store.  We want to thank everyone who tried these updates via the Insiders program and provided feedback.  We really appreciate hearing from you both when ...

OpenSSH in Windows 10!

January 22, 2018 Jan 22, 2018 01/22/18
Rich Turner
SSH is one of the most important tools in the *NIX world, through which users communicate with shells, applications, and services running on remote machines, devices, VM's and containers. Windows users most often remotely access Windows machines, devices, VM's and Containers via the amazingly powerful Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) which, as ...

WSL & Console team ch…ch…ch…chaaaaanges!

October 12, 2017 Oct 12, 2017 10/12/17
Rich Turner
(image) Dear friends of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, nee "Bash on [Ubuntu on] Windows") & Windows Console: I would like to share with you some changes to our org' that will benefit WSL, Windows Console and the Windows command-line in general moving forward. After shipping a major new release, Microsoft often shuffles teams and ...

Introducing the Windows Console Colortool

August 11, 2017 Aug 11, 2017 08/11/17
Craig Loewen
Last week we announced the exciting news that Windows Console has a new default color scheme, and also promised you that we would release a tool to make it easier to change the console to your desired scheme. The Windows Console team is proud to present the 'Colortool' which you can use to apply the new default color scheme, and several ...

Updating the Windows Console Colors

August 2, 2017 Aug 2, 2017 08/2/17
Craig Loewen
In another blockbuster post, our Summer 2017 Intern, @craigaloewen unveils a subtle, but important improvement to the Console in Windows 10 build 16257. I know many of you have been asking for this! Over to you Craig ... The Windows Console's colors are getting their first overhaul in more than 20 years! Hurray! The default color values ...

How to Determine What Just Ran on Windows Console

July 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017 07/28/17
Rich Turner
Ever wonder what was run in that Console window that briefly appeared on your screen? In this guest post, Craig Loewen - our awesome summer intern explains how you can find out what command-line applications run on your machine. Over to you Craig ... [This article includes samples from Nathan Gau’s Blog on Using SCOM to Capture Suspicious...

Understanding Windows Console Host Settings

June 20, 2017 Jun 20, 2017 06/20/17
Rich Turner
Welcome to the first of several posts that describe some of the inner workings of the Windows Console. This post was written by Craig Loewen (our awesome 2017 summer intern), and Paul Campbell (SDE on Windows Console, Cmd, & Bash on Windows). Settings in the Windows Console Host can be a bit tricky to understand. This is mostly because...

Great Bash Intro Video from Build 2017

May 19, 2017 May 19, 2017 05/19/17
Rich Turner
In case you've not seen it yet, Bash/WSL team members Yosef, Paul & Ben, along with Sean Larkin (WebPack) & Ken Wheeler (FormidableLabs) talk about what Bash/WSL is, what it's for, and why it's an essential tool to them! Be sure to watch, and comment below and/or hit us up on Twitter if you have questions! Yosef (@yosefdurr) Paul...