Windows vs Unix CLI

Honestly there are so many differences and little things on Windows that make using any of the CLIs not worth it. You will run up against gotchas developing on native Windows cmd, Powershell, git bash, and WSL. I left for Linux a long time ago and never have had to look back at the utter mess that is Windows. People stay on that platform for what? A graphical menu in the corner? Compatibility you don’t actually need? Use a real shell and OS and save your sanity.

I feel like, modern extensions of the Microsoft command line excluded, I use Linux for one thing and windows for another. I've yet to have a windowing environment that simply works like windows does in Linux. The same is true for my experience in the terminal but visa versa. Different tools for different jobs. But, it's 2021 not 1999. Maybe times were different then.

Why are you using Windows if you want it to behave like Unix?

Why don't you guys just use a regular shell? People just want a unix like command line. Windows seems to be doing a lot of work to avoid this.

This is an issue with their proficiency, not their OS. Windows Terminal is amazing, as it integrates PowerShell with WSL; you can run a full bash session in Ubuntu on Windows next to a full PowerShell instance. I can start my Windows laptop directly to a console, and never even look at a GUI.edit: I think the sibling comment is making the same point. Here is the link: https://do

Windows has a MUCH superior cli these days because of WSL.

I use MacBook at work and Windows at home.> Unix ShellCmder[0] is what I use, it supports all commands that I use on my work MacBook. If I need something Linux-specific like imagemagick, I just use WSL[1]. Some say it's slow but it runs fine. Maybe it's the fact that my PC is like 10x more powerful than my MacBook Pro because it's standard desktop computer with water cooling.Bottom line, as someone who is using both every day - Windows is fine, it's not 2010 anymo

In Windows there's been a lot less emphasis on the terminal since most functionality has only been configurable using the UI. This is changing now.Your post is a little like complaining over a functional programming language adding OO-features or vice versa and saying they are late to the party.

Yes, when you are forced to work on windows and you need sane CLI tools and a decent shell.

This is so true. Another attemp to explain might be: The cmd.exe and PuTTy always feel like foreign bodies in the windows world, they don't integrate, they are an rough try to fill the gap between the "old" command line world and the "new" windows world (in the win95 language). In contrast, already the OS X terminal feels like a first class citizen in the environment.It is worth to emphasize what has been said before here: Since Windows popularity is decending, they s