Windows Command Line

24-bit Color in the Windows Console!

Rich Turner September 22, 2016 Sep 22, 2016 09/22/16

One of the most frequent requests we receive is to increase the number of colors that the Windows Console can support. We love nothing more than to deliver features you ask for! But rather than just add a few more colors, or limit our console to a mere 256 colors, in Windows 10 Insiders Build #14931,  we've updated the Windows Console to ...

Hanselman takes a tour around Bash on Windows

Rich Turner July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16

If you're anything like me, you're already overloaded with work/studies & life, and there's just never enough time to go and dig into all the awesome new open-source projects, cool new tools, exciting new languages & platforms, and any amount of other technology that appears almost hourly these days. Wouldn't it be great if someone ...

New post and video on WSL filesystem features

Rich Turner June 15, 2016 Jun 15, 2016 06/15/16

One of the most frequent questions we get about Bash/WSL is how WSL provides a Linux-compatible filesystem atop NTFS and how filesystem interop works. Well, wonder no more dear reader - in this new blog post and the video below, Sven Groot explains to Seth Juarez how WSL's filesystem support works...

New post & video on how WSL System Calls work

Rich Turner June 8, 2016 Jun 8, 2016 06/8/16

One of the most interesting things about the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is its ability to run unmodified Linux ELF64 binaries atop the Windows Kernel. "How?" is a question we receive regularly from many of you. Ask and ye shall receive :) In this new post, Stephen Hufnagel explains to Seth Juarez how WSL System Calls (syscalls) work...

Huge improvements to Bash on Ubuntu on Windows in Build 14361

Rich Turner June 8, 2016 Jun 8, 2016 06/8/16

Dona Sarkar, the new owner of the Windows Insider Big Red Release Button has just announced the release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update Insiders Build 14361 to the fast-ring: Start your download engines - this is a release filled with huge improvements, too numerous to list here, but which are nicely summarized in the release email. Also ...

Tmux support arrives for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

Rich Turner June 8, 2016 Jun 8, 2016 06/8/16

In Windows 10 build 14361, available now to Windows Insiders fast-ring users, we've added Pseudo Terminal support to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which, along with improvements to Windows Console's much improved support for rendering VT control sequences, enables Tmux support to light-up your console! For those not familiar with it, ...

Learn more about Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Rich Turner June 2, 2016 Jun 2, 2016 06/2/16

Moved to a more permanent page...

Bash on Ubuntu on Windows – Download Now!

Rich Turner April 6, 2016 Apr 6, 2016 04/6/16

At //Build 2016, Microsoft announced the ability to run native Bash and GNU/Linux command-line tools directly on the new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), coming soon to Windows 10 Anniversary Update builds. We've been amazed by the overwhelming outpouring of interest about this new feature over the last week. One of the most frequent ...

Making the Windows Command Line Cool Again!

Rich Turner March 24, 2016 Mar 24, 2016 03/24/16

Welcome to our new blog focusing on Windows command line tools for developers. We'll soon be publishing news, articles, updates, information, links and all manner of content related to the Windows command-line tools including PowerShell, Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and the Console itself. Stay tuned!  ...