Microsoft Brings Unix Commands to Windows
TL;DR. Microsoft released coreutils at Build, integrating over 75 Unix commands like grep into Windows and PowerShell command lines. - The Rust-built multi-call binary standardizes developer commands across platforms, improving scripting. - Integration benefits developers, admins, and AI agents who write scripts using these commands. - This move follows earlier additions of Linux favorites curl and sudo to Microsoft's command lines.
- Microsoft introduced coreutils, a Rust-built binary, at its annual Build developer conference.
- This brings over 75 Unix commands, including grep, cat, ls, and head, to Windows CMD and PowerShell.
- The standardization aims to make developer scripts work uniformly across various Microsoft platforms.
- The integration is explicitly noted as beneficial for AI agents writing scripts.
Sources
- Grep this: Microsoft grafts (most) Linux commands onto Windows — theregister.com