Is there a shell scripting interpreter in/for Windows?
 

Hi,

Thanks for helping.

Weird question here.
Since Windows has DOS and Linux has the shell Konsole,
is there a 'Shell Konsole' for Windows so that I
can practice My bash code and scripting when in XP?

Thanks,
FirstBorn

Hi.

Yup. Have a google around for Cygwin.

Dave

Hi Dave,

Thanks!

Just d/l'ed and installed on the XP Box.

Is this fully functional, as in, able to
run test shell scripts with all of the
regular bash commands?

I've tested the CYGWIN Console and it's
a little bit different than the Konsole
in regards to the root folder.
(though, I DO Like it!)

It DOES let You create a file, such as:
of which, is pretty cool!

It seems to be missing some commands,
though... I'll test it out...
IF this does what I hope that it does,
that will be Awesome...

Thank You again and I really appreciate your help.

Thanks,
FirstBorn

Hi again.

You won't get a full Unix environment, but you can install most of the usual Unix toolkit (grep, sed, awk, ssh ...), so it may be good enough - depends on what commands your scripts use.

If you want a real Unix on Windows, you might be better off installing Linux in a VMWare / VirtualPC / QEMU environment.

Dave