Windows Subsystem for Linux
If you are using Windows there are two terminals that come preinstalled. One is cmd.exe, where
you write in a language called batch, and the other is "PowerShell."
Both of these differ in significant ways from bash so, if at all possible, you should get set up with the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
This will let you follow along with the bash snippets you'll see later in this book.1
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It is certainly possible for me to also include instruction for PowerShell and batch but it doesn't feel practical. I spend most of my working hours using batch and can test commands on the machine I use to write this. It would be hard for me to do that with the Windows specific shells