This was a revelation to me when I first started working with Linux. Because you work on the command line all the time, it's relatively straightforward to write

This was a revelation to me when I first started working with Linux. Because you work on the command line all the time, it's relatively straightforward to write shell scripts to do repeated tasks for you (good shell scripts of course, is another matter). Within the Windows environment it's much more difficult to switch between interactive and scripted modes.