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> I wish Microsoft had done something to make Windows automation a little closer to other platforms, so that it could benefit from the good software that exists
by 7bit 2y ago
> I wish Microsoft had done something to make Windows automation a little closer to other platforms, so that it could benefit from the good software that exists on other platforms.
PowerShell is cross-platform and works und Ljnux and MacOS as well.
And it's extremely good on itself already, because everything are objects, instead of just strings (bash, etc.). And because it's .NET you can seamlessly write anything you like including kernel calls, etc. without ever needing something like a 3rd party package like you would with e.g., Python.
- nozzlegear 2y agoIsn’t PowerShell itself the third party package? At least on Linux and MacOS, I mean.
- chem83 2y agoYeah, it is. S/he’s missing the point. Good luck finding PowerShell pre-installed on any server or workstation. Is there even a non-MS sponsored distribution that includes it by default?
- 7bit 2y agoYou're missing the point. Anything Microsoft would have done would have been a 3rd party package to Linux.
- jasomill 2y agoKali Linux: jtm@aristotle:kali ~ $ apt-rdepends -r powershell Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done powershell Reverse Depends: ibombshell (0~git20201107-0kali2) Reverse Depends: kali-linux-headless (2024.2.8) Reverse Depends: offsec-pen300 (2024.2.3) Reverse Depends: offsec-pwk (2024.2.3) ibombshell Reverse Depends: kali-linux-everything (2024.2.8) kali-linux-everything kali-linux-headless Reverse Depends: kali-linux-default (2024.2.8) Reverse Depends: kali-linux-everything (2024.2.8) kali-linux-default Reverse Depends: kali-linux-everything (2024.2.8) Reverse Depends: kali-linux-large (2024.2.8) kali-linux-large Reverse Depends: kali-linux-everything (2024.2.8) offsec-pen300 offsec-pwk
- 7bit 2y agoIt is, yes. And how exactly could Microsoft have done Something that ships with Linux?