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Posted by john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

All of a sudden I'm in love with windows 10. Enable the “Windows Subsystem for Linux :

Linux linux linux linux. I keep getting the hints that REAL developers know linux. Well I'm taking the first step. Well second really. I installed Ubuntu but then reset my PC and now I can't find my Ubuntu disk. However, someone graciously pointed me in the direction of installing bash on windows. As it turns out, Win 10 now has a subsystem for linux. I don't know what that means, but it makes me feel...important :D

2 Answers

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about

installation

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide

it's just basically linux bash terminal.

// You have access to
cd
ls
mkdir
touch
rm -rf

cool commands. :) but you have to install linux bash onto your windows box though. You can learn more from the microsoft link above.

  • cd - change directory`
  • touch - create file
  • mkdir - create directory
  • ls - show all files
  • rm - delete

We also have a course on terminal commands here:

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/console-foundations

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

Thanks Jason. I did get it installed, thanks for that link to console foundations...I was completely lost the first time through