
- #Linux bash shell for windows how to#
- #Linux bash shell for windows install#
- #Linux bash shell for windows 64 Bit#
- #Linux bash shell for windows update#
- #Linux bash shell for windows license#
#Linux bash shell for windows license#
When the program starts, you need to accept the base ubuntu license (the linux operating system), and let it install.Īfter the installation process completes you will be asked for an admin username/password.Īnd finally, you now have the BASH prompt ready to use! Do this by opening your search prompt (windows key + s) and looking for 'bash.exe'.
#Linux bash shell for windows install#
Now the base system is installed, we need to install and configure BASH itself. The system will now go through a download/install procedure, and when finished, you will need to reboot the machine.

In here, check the 'Linux subsystem for windows', and click OK to close the dialog. Next we need to go into the control panel > programs > turn windows features on/off. If not, turn it on, accept the warning message, and reboot your machine (do it now, I'll wait.). Go into> settings, updates and security, 'for developers', and ensure the 'developer mode' setting is turned on. Get your machine into Developer mode state.
#Linux bash shell for windows 64 Bit#
The Bash utility was actually introduced in the Windows 10 anniversity edition, and the major pre-requisite for installing it is to ensure that your vesion of Windows 10 is up to date, and the 64 bit version. This article walks through the steps of setting things up. It turns out that having 'Bash on windows' installed makes this process much easier. When buliding the foundation base virtual machines, we need to generate SSH keys, and also need to be abel to remote into our machines.
#Linux bash shell for windows update#
The third article covered using scripts to remotly install and update machines using Terraform scripts.
#Linux bash shell for windows how to#
The second article dicussed how to use variables, interpolation and resource count to make multiple copies of resources to save duplication of config/code. In the first article in this series, I introduced ' Terraform', and gave an introduction to what it is, and how to use it. This short article forms part of the DevOps/Infrastructure focused series, building out a cloud agnostic virtual machine cluster on Azure using different technologies including Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker. Recently however I decided to install the BASH command line tool onto all of my machines, and honestly, for most tasks, I rarely have to spin up a local virtual machine any more, I simply use the Windows Bash tool, and its highly recommended! (but might not make Steve happy!!) Generally I keep a Virtual Machine open for my Linux work or use a second or remote box. My preferred operating system for work is Windows, but I am also a heavy Linux user.

I continue to be delighted daily by Microsoft 2.0, by their new embrace of openness and the seeming realisation that sharing and integrating floats everyone to the top, and thats a very good thing. Thankfully things have moved far from that era, and we now have true visionaries at the wheel.

I recall baulking when I heard it the first time. See this article for more info: Windows batch scripting: EnableDelayedExpansion.We have come a long way from the days Steve Balmer declared Linux 'a cancer', and the culture of ' fear uncertinty and doubt' was tightly ingrained across Microsoft. (If you’re wondering why I used !somevar! instead of %somevar% in the windows script, this is because in a while loop you will be wanting to update the variable. # do something that increases the value of $somevar REM do something that increases the value of !somevar! IF !somevar! GEQ %someothervar% GOTO endofloop ( GEQ and -ge is the greater than or equal to comparison operator, both bash and windows batch scripts will let you use a range of comparison operators.) While loop Windows batch script :loop mydir.) Setting a variable to a number and then printing the variable Windows batch script SET /A varInteger=0Įcho The value of varInteger is %varInteger% Linux shell script varInteger=0Įcho "The value of varInteger is $varInteger" Execute a command and store the output in a variable Windows batch script FOR /F %%x IN ('command to be executed') DO SET result=%%x Linux shell script result=`command to be executed` If statement Windows batch script IF %somevar% GEQ %someothervar% ( mydir, then in the script $1 would have the value of. ( %1 in batch and $1 in bash refer to the first argument passed in when running the script. Or :: some comment Linux shell script # some comment For loop through files in directory Windows batch script FOR %%i IN (%1\*) DO (

Carrying on from my previous post about using scripts created in Windows on Linux, here are some comparisons to show the syntax differences between Windows batch scripts and bash scripts.
