Microsoft releases coreutils for Windows, bringing over 75 Unix commands to CMD and PowerShell
By
Joab Jackson
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Summary
Microsoft has released coreutils, a Rust-built multi-call binary for Windows that brings over 75 Unix/Linux commands (including cat, ls, grep, head) directly to Windows CMD and PowerShell command lines. This follows earlier additions of curl and sudo to Microsoft's command-line tools. The move represents a significant integration of Linux functionality into Windows, marking a major shift from Microsoft's historically adversarial stance toward Linux under former CEO Steve Ballmer.
Key quotes
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Steve Ballmer's darkest fear has come to pass: Linux has worked itself into the deepest innards of Microsoft Windows itself
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