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...unix simulator...? help

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santu_29
santu_29 Original post #1
Sep 2, 2006 at 6:15 PM
is it possible to practice unix commands on windows without actually installing unix/linux, by using something like a simulator? are there any good unix simulators available?
Pathik
Pathik #2
Sep 2, 2006 at 6:21 PM
cygwin
M
Sep 2, 2006 at 8:35 PM
Besides there are a few unix utilities available for windows. i have used text utuilities like grep, cat,etc on linux. Also, wget and lynx. So, if any linux software has a windows port they can be placed in your PATH and used directly from CLI, too.
Cygwin that pathiks gave is better in some respects but still it's an emulator, so a native port of any application will work better than using via an emulator.
santu_29
Sep 3, 2006 at 1:32 PM
am using cygwin now, its great... thanks