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Re: coreutils for Windows10
From: |
Philip Hsueh |
Subject: |
Re: coreutils for Windows10 |
Date: |
Wed, 5 Dec 2018 20:50:26 +0000 |
Hi Eric,
Thank you very much for the suggestions. I will try both Cygwin and WSL from
there.
Best Regards,
Philip Hsueh
916-835-8988
> On Dec 5, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 12/5/18 11:00 AM, Philip Hsueh wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Can somebody tell me if GNU utility runs on Windows10? If so, can you
>> please direct me to the manuals and downloads?
>
> Yes. There are several ports of GNU utilities to Windows. My favorite is the
> Cygwin project: https://cygwin.com/, although these days, it's also becoming
> popular to use Microsoft's WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Other projects
> also exist, but tend to lag on how up-to-date their ports are. As for
> specific documentation and usage advice, you're best off contacting the
> community that created the port you decide on, rather than here (problems
> encountered may be specific to the port, in which case we can't help you with
> those problems here).
>
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