Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Standard Windows does not provide a complete set of file and string manipulation utilities. WSL gives access to the complete set of Linux (Unix) tools, through the "bash shell".- Details on how to install WSL can be found on:-
Microsoft: Install the Linux Subsystem on Windows 10 - Rather easier to understand is:-
HowToGeek: how to install and use the linux bash shell on windows 10
general utilities
- cksum, cal, cmp, comm, csplit, diff, du, file, grep, hd, more, pax, pr, sed, split, strings, tail, touch, uniq and wc.
filter programs
- cat, col, cut, dd, expand, fold, fmt, grex, nl, paste, sort and tr.
Commonly Used utilities
From the lists above, these are the ones used most often.- Cat - Concatenates files.
- Diff - Compares files.
- Grep - Scans one or more text files for a specified text string or regular expression.
- Split - Breaks a file up into pieces, either by number of lines or bytes.
- Touch - Set file modified date/time.
- Uniq - Writes one copy of each unique line, i.e deletes duplicate lines
LAST UPDATED: 02 February 2018 (Bluetooth File Transfer)