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I don't we'll eve see gnu core utils (due to licensing), but BSD core utilities would be great though.
by hobarrera 12y ago
I don't we'll eve see gnu core utils (due to licensing), but BSD core utilities would be great though.
- MetaCosm 11y agoI don't think that would be terribly useful, as a bunch of concepts important to Windows the BSD core utilities would have no idea about. Registry, NTFS, etc. Honestly, I find 'nix users unwilling to learn PowerShell the exact same as Windows user unwilling to learn a 'nix shell and core utilities. PowerShell doesn't have SED -- but it has pipeline replacement. $ cat .\x.txt | %{$_ -replace "sed", "powershell"} It also has ideas that are completely different... rather than plain text pipe, it has an object pipe, which lets you do stuff like: $ ps | sort company | ft ProcessName -groupby company Which outputs your processes in table format grouped by company, like ... Company: Greenshot ProcessName ----------- Greenshot Company: inkscape.org ProcessName ----------- inkscape Company: IvoSoft ProcessName ----------- ClassicStartMenu Company: Microsoft Corporation ProcessName ----------- taskhostex conhost explorer ...