I want native bash commands in Windows shell. I know powershell supports some commands, but and actual Linux shell to interface with the rest of windows will be awesome. WSL is getting there, sucks I've gotta install Python and node/npm twice.
C:\Users\Ryan>wsl cowsay hello
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< hello >
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\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
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C:\Users\Ryan>wsl
ryan@DESKTOP:/mnt/c/Users/Ryan$ notepad.exe test.js
ryan@DESKTOP:/mnt/c/Users/Ryan$ node.exe test.js
hello, world!But if you are ever curious, you can use Get-Verb[1] which will tell you what is going on.
[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...
They can still be useful, but just mostly while navigating in a command window.