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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 W

• chokolad 6y ago
  > Simple things Windows users don't get out of the box. Of course they do. It's called Powershell.
• aeronaute 6y 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.powershell.management/move-item?view=powershell-7 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft... - File hashes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/get-filehash?view=powershell-7 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft... - Grep: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-string?view=powershell-7 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...
• pie_flavor 6y ago
  By what criteria? PS is installed on all Windows systems and does all of those things.