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On the Windows operating system, the shell/terminal we have by default is the Command Prompt (CMD).
Now, when I use Linux (or even Mac) systems, I find that the terminal is generally a lot more full featured. The one I used made it easy to change settings and properties, was easily resizable, some even had line numbering and multiple tabs.
Since I've started programming, I've realized the importance of the command line, and I was wondering if there were any alternatives to the default Command Prompt? And, if there aren't many good alternatives, how would I go about writing my own? What would I have to take into consideration?
Yes, the Windows command prompt sucks. It is truly pathetic for 2011.
I use Cygwin+mintty instead.
If you miss Tilda/Guake/Yakuake (for Linux) or TotalTerminal (née Visor) (for OS X) try mintty-quake-console.
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Just came across another potential alternative, though I haven't tried it out yet: Gow (Gnu on Windows).
If you want a truly manly command line for Windows, use PowerShell.
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In e.g. the question Is there a Pattern Matching Utility like GREP in Windows?, one can find a few options for adding a grep utility to windows. But I am wondering why it's the case that there is no built-in grep-like function in Windows, as this seems to be a supremely useful thing (at least to a Linux user).
More specifically, is there a technical reason for this? E.g. does the difference in OS/filesystem architecture between Windows and Linux make it more difficult/slow/pointless/unsafe/etc. to have such functionality in Windows?
(I can imagine for example that an antivirus might not like for a program to read thousands of files in one go, and because of that microsoft perhaps decided to scrap a grep utility. That's of course pure speculation on my behalf, but it's the kind of answer I'm looking for)
"Grep" is an unix tool - it was originally made for unix.
As far as the functionality goes, we have built-in "grep". Windows offers something similiar through commands find and findstr, which do quite a lot, and have been available for long time.
Plus, you can search file content through windows search.
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This is a pretty small thing, but I have been getting into more and more windows coding, and recently began finding myself in a terminal (msysgit, powershell). However, something that bugs the CRAP out of me is that there is no full screen modes, and they have to be resized
So my question:
For any windows 8 users, are terminals (msysgit, powershell, cmd) maximable / customizable at all?
I HAVE used console2 (http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Console2ABetterWindowsCommandPrompt.aspx), but while it is resizable, it does not maximize.I am weighing if whether my next computer will be a mac or windows, and this info will be useful in making that decision. I am getting tired of crazy work-arounds to get simple things changed in windows.
Windows doesn't really have "terminal" windows (except for those provided by a third party). Windows has a console subsystem which PowerShell, cmd.exe and any other console program you write, run in. The Windows console subsystem is old, hasn't changed much and is definitely showing its age. While there is a maximize button on every console window, as you have no doubt noticed, it doesn't maximize the window to full screen.
For script editing, I would use PowerShell_ISE or Visual Studio with the PowerShell Tools for VS add-in. To enable a number of BASH-like line editing features in PowerShell, you should check out PSReadLine on GitHub. It makes using PowerShell much nicer.
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Hi I was working on some Ruby stuffs and I need to use Linux terminal or Cygwin. Which is the best choice? Is there any slowness issue in Cygwin
The question is pretty subjective to what it is you are really wanting to do. If you need access to the Windows environment, then Cygwin is going to be your choice of the two. mingw32 is often used rather than Cygwin.
I have used Cygwin-X and Cygwin tools for more than a decade. But I think Linux is better if you can do so.
I use Cygwin occasionally when I am traveling and I have not encountered any lag
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It can this is a silly question, but is it possible to handle files on Windows (XP, Vista or 7) like on the Mac?
I clarify: on the Mac you can rename or move a file even if it is currently used by an application, on Windows you simply cannot! There is a way to change this behavior with some black magic on the Registry?
If you are interested You can read about File locking and specific implementations in Windows and Mac here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking
I use unlocker to get around this problem in Windows. It's quite handy
http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/
No, there is no builtin solution to your problem and I haven't heard of any tool accomplishing that.
It's not possible because the file handling is done in a different way, which is also strongly influenced by the features of the different filesystems.
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I've got it configured, but I want more from it...maybe Cygwin isn't the right tool, but I like how it provides a *nix-like environment within Windows.
If you've already read the Cygwin User Guide, take a look at Ten Steps To Higher Cygwin Productivity.
Also, if you're using a shell such as bash in Cygwin, and you're familiar with Emacs, consider using Eshell (the Emacs shell) instead.
I've found Cygwin to be very useful in the past. FWIW, lately however I've shied away from it in favor of the following:
XAMPP
Unixutils
I like these tools even better.
I'm quite interested in this question myself. I've used the Cygwin Setup guide to get set up, but it doesn't get you all the way. One thing that I learned from it, though, is that it recommends leaving the setup.exe in the directory with Cygwin so that you can quickly add packages, since apt-get apparently doesn't work that well in Cygwin. The article also talks about cyg-get as an alternative.