Fri 30th Mar, 2007 - DOS more like Linux???
In an effort to make my Windows machine behave more like a decent computer, I found these GNU utilities for Win32. It makes a few essential Unix tools run on Windows without having to install Cygwin. Just place the extracted folder at the root of your drive. Right click My Computer, select Properties, now select the Advanced Tab. At the bottom of the page click the Environment Variables, click on “New” and enter the information as shown in the next image. ***Use at your own risk, some of these tools are dangerous (ex. the command “dd” can rewrite an entire drive you’re not careful)
That’s it. Now you can “grep” and “ls -l” just like in Linux. Tools listed on homepage, scroll page to check for available utilities. Download Here
Unix “ls” and “grep” command:
