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What is the best way to use linux utilities under windows? [closed]

Linux utilities like sed, awk and other shell scripting features are awesome and life becomes a lot harder when I am developing on windows and cant use any of these.

People suggest to use cygwin for those who want the linux like tools under windows. But I feel cygwin will be an overkill for someone who only wants to use the handful commands.

Some say that Windows Services for Unix can also be a good alternative.

I have used none of these. Can some experienced programmer suggest best/simplest way to do this? of course apart from switching to linux itself.

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Answer

I think the GnuWin32 project is exactly what you’re looking for. Unix command line tools ported to Windows.

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