Coreutils for Windows is a Microsoft-maintained set of UNIX-style
command-line utilities that run natively on Windows - the same commands
and pipelines you use in Linux, macOS, and WSL. It ships as a single multi-call binary that exposes each utility under its standard name
(cat.exe, grep.exe, find.exe, and so on), giving you the everyday tools developers already use on other platforms to script, automate, and
process text. For the full list, see the list of commands at this link<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/core-utils/commands>.

Download Link:
<https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils/releases/tag/v2026.5.29>

Good luck and happy computing.

Friday, 12th June, 2026 @ 06:00:00


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On 6/12/2026 1:00 PM, John Smith wrote:

Download Link: <https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils/releases/tag/v2026.5.29>

Good luck and happy computing.

After Powershell is ready? Too late... too late... :)

Of course there are ways or methods to use Unix/Linux commands in
Windows for a very long time.

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"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

John Smith wrote:

Download Link:
<https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils/releases/tag/v2026.5.29>

Good luck and happy computing.

After Powershell is ready? Too late... too late... :)

Of course there are ways or methods to use Unix/Linux commands in
Windows for a very long time.

I remember using Cygwin decades ago. Haven't used it in the last decade,
so no idea how it works now.

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VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> writes:

Of course there are ways or methods to use Unix/Linux commands in
Windows for a very long time.

I remember using Cygwin decades ago. Haven't used it in the last decade,
so no idea how it works now.

Good, but you can also use MSYS2, that works fine and is maintained
well (<https://www.msys2.org>). When on Windows, I use that.

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Bob Vloon <usenet@bananacorp.nl.invalid> writes:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> writes:

Of course there are ways or methods to use Unix/Linux commands in
Windows for a very long time.

I remember using Cygwin decades ago. Haven't used it in the last decade,
so no idea how it works now.

Good, but you can also use MSYS2, that works fine and is maintained
well (<https://www.msys2.org>). When on Windows, I use that.

Me too. It's great that Emacs and Konsole are available in there for
editor and terminal. In fact, the Emacs installation page now actually recommends using pacman in MSYS2 for installing Emacs in Windows.

Also the handy Cygwin command cygpath, to convert between Windows and
Unix style paths is installed by default.

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On Fri, 6/12/2026 1:00 AM, John Smith wrote:

Coreutils for Windows is a Microsoft-maintained set of UNIX-style command-line utilities that run natively on Windows - the same commands
and pipelines you use in Linux, macOS, and WSL. It ships as a single multi-call binary that exposes each utility under its standard name (cat.exe, grep.exe, find.exe, and so on), giving you the everyday tools developers already use on other platforms to script, automate, and
process text. For the full list, see the list of commands at this link<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/core-utils/commands>.

Download Link: <https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils/releases/tag/v2026.5.29>

Good luck and happy computing.

Friday, 12th June, 1953 @ 06:00:00

OK, now do a copy of xeyes.exe :-)

I think the "uptime" command will be very useful...
on a machine that reboots every Patch Tuesday.

I didn't see a more.exe , a less.exe, or a sed.exe in there.

Paul


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On Fri, 6/12/2026 2:56 AM, VanguardLH wrote:

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

John Smith wrote:

Download Link:
<https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils/releases/tag/v2026.5.29>

Good luck and happy computing.

After Powershell is ready? Too late... too late... :)

Of course there are ways or methods to use Unix/Linux commands in
Windows for a very long time.

I remember using Cygwin decades ago. Haven't used it in the last decade,
so no idea how it works now.

The last time I ran Cygwin64, there was excessive network traffic I did not analyze, and the project folder got deleted immediately. The Cygwin32 was
the last version I would trust. If that "material" cannot remain
network-quiet at idle, then something is wrong with it.

It's like a Linux that comes with Flatpak and the Flatpak installed suite
is empty, and there is some activity going right to town on the network.
I purge the package immediately when I find that. For example, a Snap
package environment, does not generate network traffic unless you
emit commands for that purpose.

It's perfectly OK for a software suite, to explain it has an update daemon,
it has a local list of content or something it is messing with, but to just
do noticeable amounts of network activity without providing an explanation
of intent, that's a red line and out the door you go. Then I lose sensitivity on malware indications, if there is all sorts of boat-rowing and oar-slapping going on all day long. There could be coin miners in there, TOR networks,
who knows what else. The bouncer will be along, to throw your ass out
onto the street.

Paul


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Bob Vloon <usenet@bananacorp.nl.invalid> wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> writes:

Of course there are ways or methods to use Unix/Linux commands in
Windows for a very long time.

I remember using Cygwin decades ago. Haven't used it in the last decade,
so no idea how it works now.

Good, but you can also use MSYS2, that works fine and is maintained
well (<https://www.msys2.org>). When on Windows, I use that.

"all based on a modified version of Cygwin."

So, a fork of Cygwin. Doesn't that mean Cygwin is still maintained?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin
Stable release: 3.6.6-1, 5 months ago

https://www.cygwin.com/
Says latest release is 3.6.9, so even newer.

Seems MSYS2 is probably a pared down fork of Cygwin, but perhaps with
some extra dev tools in its distro.

https://www.msys2.org/docs/what-is-msys2/
"While Cygwin focuses on building Unix software on Windows as is, MSYS2
focuses on building native software built against the Windows APIs."

Hmm, could be wrong. So, install of building NIX progs to run on
Windows that utilize some Cygwin layer, MSYS2 lets you build NIX progs
to run natively on Windows (using Windows' own APIs)?

Been way too long since I last used Cygwin. Personally I have no need
to run NIX tools or build NIX progs that use Win APIs, but then Cygwin
and MSYS2 were created for folks like me who longer want nor forced to participate in that battle.

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On 6/13/2026 1:12 AM, Paul wrote:

The last time I ran Cygwin64, there was excessive network traffic I did not analyze, and the project folder got deleted immediately. The Cygwin32 was
the last version I would trust. If that "material" cannot remain network-quiet at idle, then something is wrong with it.

Did you download the whole CygWin64 as a single, offline package? Maybe
you used an online installer.

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/ v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
/( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw

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On 6/13/2026 1:00 AM, Paul wrote:

I think the "uptime" command will be very useful...
on a machine that reboots every Patch Tuesday.

You sure that Windows has uptime as in Unix/Linux?

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"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

Paul wrote:

I think the "uptime" command will be very useful...
on a machine that reboots every Patch Tuesday.

You sure that Windows has uptime as in Unix/Linux?

With PowerShell 6+, use the cmdlet:

Get-Uptime

Not available in earlier PS versions. For PS 3+, use:

(Get-Date)-(Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime

To get the boot time (not the uptime duration), run:

systeminfo.exe
or
systeminfo | find "System Boot Time"

Or run:

net statistics workstation

For those that prefer a GUI method, use Task Manager (Win 7+):
- Open Task Manager:
o Ctrl+Shift+Esc
o Ctrl+Alt+Del, select Task Manager
o Right-click on Windows Taskbar, select Task Manager
o Right-click on Start Menu (or Winkey+X), select Task Manager
o Run taskmgr.exe
- Select the Performance tab.
- Select CPU in the left-side component pane.
- Uptime is shown in the right-side details pane at the bottom.

I suppose you could add some NIX tool that has an uptime command, but
Windows can already show uptime (and boot time) without the need for
3rd-party tools. I usually just use Task Manager.

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On 12/06/2026 06:00, John Smith wrote:

Coreutils for Windows is a Microsoft-maintained set of UNIX-style >command-line utilities that run natively on Windows - the same commands
and pipelines you use in Linux, macOS, and WSL. It ships as a single >multi-call binary that exposes each utility under its standard name >(cat.exe, grep.exe, find.exe, and so on), giving you the everyday tools >developers already use on other platforms to script, automate, and
process text. For the full list, see the list of commands at this >link<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/core-utils/commands>.

Download Link: ><https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils/releases/tag/v2026.5.29>

Good luck and happy computing.

Friday, 12th June, 2026 @ 06:00:00

I maintain a single Windows development system to keep sharp (and test my
Linux/Mac developed code) in case I get a job where a pure windows
development environment is needed. This is a good start, but the lack of
awk and sed is disappointing.

--
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A PICKER OF UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES

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On Sat, 6/13/2026 9:22 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:23:34 -0000 (UTC), Jason H wrote:

I maintain a single Windows development system to keep sharp (and test
my
Linux/Mac developed code) in case I get a job where a pure windows
development environment is needed. This is a good start, but the lack
of awk and sed is disappointing.

I think I last used sed and awk sometime back when Clinton was president.
I used Windows at work for some things and still have a Windows 11 laptop but it's been gathering dust since I retired at the start of the year.

I regularly use GAWK for sifting and sorting.

But generally speaking, the practice of using UTF-8 for things,
is now "leaking" into these sorts of tools, and they can't handle it.
It's best to save out your source material as ANSI, so the GAWKs
or PERLs of the world, can work on it. Like, using a "grep" one-liner
on something now, is bound to yield an unreadable mess.

So while you can have these utilities, be prepared for
surprises when UTF-8 save-outs makes a mess of the source materials.
Modern Notepad would save in UTF-8, if you did not override that.

It used to be, only line endings got in the way. And we made
a lot of use of "DOS2UNIX" and "UNIX2DOS" or the like. Now, the
situation is potentially much worse.

Paul

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Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> writes:

Good, but you can also use MSYS2, that works fine and is maintained
well (<https://www.msys2.org>). When on Windows, I use that.

Me too. It's great that Emacs and Konsole are available in there for
editor and terminal. In fact, the Emacs installation page now actually >recommends using pacman in MSYS2 for installing Emacs in Windows.

Also the handy Cygwin command cygpath, to convert between Windows and
Unix style paths is installed by default.

I concur. In addition, the availability of a lot of tools that, well, I wouldn't have thought of finding in the distribution, is in a sense "comforting".
Just last week, I found that "lftp" is present, isn't that nice. Yeah,
just for SFTP-transfers, in this case :)

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VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> writes:

Bob Vloon <usenet@bananacorp.nl.invalid> wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> writes:

Of course there are ways or methods to use Unix/Linux commands in
Windows for a very long time.

I remember using Cygwin decades ago. Haven't used it in the last decade, >>>so no idea how it works now.

Good, but you can also use MSYS2, that works fine and is maintained
well (<https://www.msys2.org>). When on Windows, I use that.

"all based on a modified version of Cygwin."

So, a fork of Cygwin. Doesn't that mean Cygwin is still maintained?

No, not really I think. I used to use MSYS, which somehow got out of
fashion.
MSYS, and, FAFAIK, MSYS2 use native Windows API's instead of
the Cygwin layer which provides the POSIX API, if I'm not mistaken?

Cygwin is fine, I used it's X Server extensively in a previous job, but
the fact that MSYS2 somehow feels more native to Windows gives it an
edge, for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin
Stable release: 3.6.6-1, 5 months ago

https://www.cygwin.com/
Says latest release is 3.6.9, so even newer.

Seems MSYS2 is probably a pared down fork of Cygwin, but perhaps with
some extra dev tools in its distro.

https://www.msys2.org/docs/what-is-msys2/
"While Cygwin focuses on building Unix software on Windows as is, MSYS2 >focuses on building native software built against the Windows APIs."

Hmm, could be wrong. So, install of building NIX progs to run on
Windows that utilize some Cygwin layer, MSYS2 lets you build NIX progs
to run natively on Windows (using Windows' own APIs)?

Yup, that's what it is, FAFAIK.

Been way too long since I last used Cygwin. Personally I have no need
to run NIX tools or build NIX progs that use Win APIs, but then Cygwin
and MSYS2 were created for folks like me who longer want nor forced to >participate in that battle.

I decided not too long ago that, if on Windows, it still makes sense to
use UN*X-like tools. Simply, because they match my vocabulary when working
on computers :)

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