zcmds_win32

Optional zcmds package for win32 to make it feel more like a linux distribution. This is a great package to use if you want to use things like tee, grep and unix commands and have it work on windows.

Commands

cat
cp
du
git-bash
grep
home
false
id
ls
md5sum
mv
nano
pico
printenv
- Prints environment variables sorted, with PATH listed one entry per line.
ps
rm
true
test
tee
touch
unzip
which
wc
xargs
uniq
uname
fixvmmem
- If CPU consumption for vmmem high, run this command to fix it.
yes

Install (normal)

python -m pip install zcmds

Install (dev):

git clone https://github.com/zackees/zcmds_win32
cd zcmds_win32
python -pip install -e .

Release Notes

1.2.31: Adds printenv (moved from zcmds, which no longer installs it on Linux/macOS where it shadowed coreutils). Removes open, which collided with zcmds' own cross-platform open console script.
1.2.26: Adds missing dll files that aren't found coincidentally on some systems.
1.2.24: Includes the tools in 1.2.21 for use.
1.2.21: basename, awk and [ for compatibility.
1.2.19: python3 and pip3 now map to python and pip
1.2.18: Better bash, which now paths the default git-bash `/usr/bin``
1.2.17: Added date
1.2.16: open now accepts double back slashes.
1.2.15: Adds realpath and uname to git-bash utils.
1.2.14: Fixes bash from missing file.
1.2.13: Adds bash from git-bash and dirname.
1.2.12: sshpass and now zcmds_win32 --install to force re-download of unix tools.
1.2.10: open now handles git paths
1.2.9: Fix ssh-keygen trampoline and other new ssh commands.
1.2.8: Improved open command to now open extensionless text files
1.2.7: Adds ssh related tools for windows from git-bash.
1.2.4: Fixes open when passing in a '.' directory.
1.2.3: home now works in non C: drive
1.2.2: Adds make tool for building code.
1.2.1: Adds tool dig
1.0.26: When sublime is opened via open it now opens in it's own window.
1.0.25: Fix open for python 3.9
1.0.24: Add sed
1.0.23: Yank 1.0.21/22
1.0.20: Adds uniq and uname
1.0.19: Change default text editor to sublime over textpad
1.0.18: Adds true and false and timeout
1.0.17: Minor fixes.
1.0.16: Adds xargs, ps, id, wc, md5sum, tee
1.0.15: fixed 'no' command, which doesn't exist.
1.0.13: Adds yes
1.0.12: open tries to find a text editor.
1.0.11: Adds sudo_win32[sudo]
1.0.10: Fixes fixvmmem which now uses elevated_exec
1.0.9: Fixes open when using forward slashes
1.0.8: Fixes open when using open .
1.0.7: Fixes missing fixvmmem
1.0.5: open now assumes current directory if no path is given
1.0.4: fixvmmem now runs in elevated privledges
1.0.3: Adds fixvmmem
1.0.2: Adds unzip
1.0.1: Adds pico/nano
1.0.0: Moved zcmds_win32 from zcmds

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