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0 pointsendogui6y ago0 comments

I can't be the only user who installs Cygwin just so that I can move files around, calculate hashes of files, and grep with regular expressions. Simple things Windows users don't get out of the box.

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aeronaute6y ago

I want to challenge your last statement that these things aren't available to Windows users out of the box. Are you certain of that?

- Move files: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...

- File hashes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...

- Grep: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...

chokolad6y ago

> Simple things Windows users don't get out of the box.

Of course they do. It's called Powershell.

pie_flavor5y ago

By what criteria? PS is installed on all Windows systems and does all of those things.

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