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WSL (Beta) (Bash on Ubuntu on Windows) Windows 10 build 14316: Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Update) WSL (no longer Beta) Windows 10 build 16251: Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) WSL 2 (lightweight VM) Windows 10 build 18917: Windows 10 version 2004 (also backported to 1903 and 1909) WSL 2 GPU support: Windows 10 build 20150
The first Windows port of Git was primarily a Linux-emulation framework that hosts the Linux version. Installing Git under Windows creates a similarly named Program Files directory containing the Mingw-w64 port of the GNU Compiler Collection, Perl 5, MSYS2 (itself a fork of Cygwin, a Unix-like emulation environment for Windows) and various ...
Support for command history means that a user can recall a previous command into the command-line editor and edit it before issuing the potentially modified command. Shells that support completion may also be able to directly complete the command from the command history given a partial/initial part of the previous command.
The command-line environment may not provide graphical enhancements such as different fonts or extended edit windows found in a GUI. It may be difficult for a new user to become familiar with all the commands and options available, compared with the icons and drop-down menus of a graphical user interface, without reference to manuals.
While Bash was developed for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems, such as GNU/Linux, it is also available on Android, macOS, Windows, and numerous other current and historical operating systems. [12] "Although there have been attempts to create specialized shells, the Bourne shell derivatives continue to be the primary shells in use."
In DOS, OS/2 and Windows command-line interpreters such as COMMAND.COM and CMD.EXE, an environment variable is retrieved by placing a % sign before and after it. In DOS, OS/2 and Windows command-line interpreters as well as their API, upper or lower case is not distinguished for environment variable names.
Windows Server Update Services over HTTP, when using the default role installation settings in Windows Server 2012 and later versions. [354] [355] 8531: Unofficial: Windows Server Update Services over HTTPS, when using the default role installation settings in Windows Server 2012 and later versions. [354] [355] 8555: Unofficial: Symantec DLP ...
In 2016, Microsoft released the Windows 10 version 1511 update which unexpectedly implemented support for ANSI escape sequences, over three decades after the debut of Windows. [9] This was done alongside Windows Subsystem for Linux , apparently to allow Unix-like terminal-based software to use the Windows Console.