Bash on Windows.
Introduction
Cygwin is an open-source tool which offers a handy way to run Linux commands from a Windows desktop.
Installation
Downoad the installer from https://cygwin.com/install.html and run it.
Select the packages you want to install on top of the base installation.
Browsing the Windows Host Filesystem
cd /cygdrive/c
Adding Common Packages
Run the installer again.
Search for the package you want. Here are some common ones:
| Package | Command(s) |
| nc | nc |
| inetutils | telnet |
| curl | curl |
| rsync | rsync |
| jq | jq |
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