Vista Command Line

[Ansar Mohammed]

Well you do have the option of installing one of two UNIX subsystems on
Windows. 

http://www.cygwin.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/unix/sfu/default.mspx

Then you would still have Bash, sed, awk yada yada yada....



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Chris
> Cunnington
> Sent: April 26, 2007 9:05 AM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: Vista Command Line
> 
> I found the command line. Hit the Start button, and type command into the
> search window. Then the command prompt shows up. It understands ping and
> netstat, but not ls, pwd, or vim. Oh, joy. So I have two questions, now
> that
> I've encountered MS-DOS (which descended from Kildall's C/PM, and
> Patterson's QDOS. And no, you didn't know that. I'm the first person to
> know
> that. Ever.)
> 
> 1. Can anybody recommend a book on MS-DOS?
> 
> 2. Can anybody give me a reason for reading such a book?
> 
> 
> Shane/Bash, come back! SHANE!
> 
> 
> Chris Cunnington
> 
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