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Can I just do a shout-out for UnxUtils [1]?

I've had it on every Windows computer I used at work since forever now, and it is extremely useful to be able to use things like `sed` and `gawk` (and even `make`) from the command prompt

[1] https://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

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Yuck. Just install WSL and be done with it

Underrated secondary option: git bash. Lower setup overhead than full WSL, although it is slower if you need to work on a lot of files or spawn a lot of processes.

Also, Minc, MinC is not Cygwin. And, yes slower, but it might work even under XP.

I guess you get git bash for free when you install git, which speaks legions about the pain of powershell

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