How Do I Get a Unix Shell in Windows?
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Does Windows have a Unix shell?

One of the really cool things about Windows 10 is that Microsoft has baked a full-blown Ubuntu-based Bash shell into the operating system. For those who might not be familiar with Bash, it is a text-based Linux command line environment.

How do I get Unix on Windows?

Installing and Using a Linux/UNIX emulator

  1. Download the Cygwin setup installer, setup.exe.
  2. Run the installer (see the Cygwin/X User’s Guide for detailed documentation on the installation process)
  3. Proceed using installation defaults.
Sophia Al-Mansoor

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