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Jan 18, 2018
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Tar and Curl Come to Windows!

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

One of the most frequent asks we hear across the entire Windows command-line spectrum is "I need curl" and/or "I need tar". If you're one of these people - HAPPY NEW YEAR! :) Windows 10 Insider build 17063 and later now include the real-deal and executables that you can execute directly from Cmd or PowerShell. Our sincere thanks to the LibArc...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Command-LineWindows Console
Dec 22, 2017
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Share Environment Vars between WSL and Windows

Craig Wilhite
Craig Wilhite

Hey WSL users—we have more features to share with you! Our latest Windows Insider build lets you share environment variables between WSL and Windows. Starting with Build 17063, let’s look at how you can leverage the new “WSLENV” to enhance environmental variable interop between Win32/WSL. Summary For the pros who’ve already heard about WSLENV and...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Command-LineWindows 10
Nov 28, 2017
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A Guide to Invoking WSL

Craig Wilhite
Craig Wilhite

There are a variety of ways to invoke the Windows Subsystem for Linux from Windows commandlines and they all behave a little differently. Let’s get to the bottom of it.    “wsl” The first (and recommended!) method will start up your default distro. Additionally, it starts the distro in the current working directory where you invoke the command. ...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Command-LineLinux tools
Oct 12, 2017
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WSL & Console team ch…ch…ch…chaaaaanges!

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

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 people around to...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Command-LineWindows Console