The CMD.EXE batch language can be awfully cryptic, but for those who miss the richness of command lines like
kill -1 $(ps -ef | grep inetd | grep -v grep | tr -s " " | cut -f2 -d " ")
or bursts of line noise masquerading as a pipeline of “find”, “sed”, and “awk” processes, Microsoft Windows Services for Unix is available for free download.
Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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