Just some notes and references for myself.

In bash, you can access your C:\ drive via /mnt/c/
~ = C:\Users\MLM\AppData\Local\lxss\home\mlm and is different from your Windows user directory C:\Users\MLM

How to google things

Terms

Windows Subsystem for Linux
WSL
lxss

Resources

Documentation: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about

Release Notes: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/release_notes

User Voice: https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/266908-command-prompt-console-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windo/category/161892-bash

WSL Blog: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wsl

Console Blog: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/

Community powered list of programs that work and don't work: https://github.com/ethanhs/WSL-Programs

Community powered discussion forum: http://wsl-forum.qztc.io/

https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/blob/master/README.md#important-links

Terminals/Shells

Cmder

Use bash with Cmder

See

Create a new task: Settings -> Startup -> Tasks -> + button

Name can be {bash} or whatever.

Task Parameters:

/icon "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\lxss\bash.ico"

Commands

"%windir%\System32\bash.exe"  -cur_console:p -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE%

Want ZSH?

If you want to use zsh and oh-my-zsh.

sudo apt install zsh, https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Installing-ZSH
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)", https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh#basic-installation

See

Update your {bash} task command:

"%windir%\System32\bash.exe" ~ -c zsh  -cur_console:p -new_console:d:%USERPROFILE%

You can find my full zsh/oh-my-zsh theme config here, https://gist.github.com/MadLittleMods/2dc87634c6f3649852fba89b9b98e366

Don't forget to install some Powerline fonts. note: I have not found a Powerline font that looks quite right on Windows, http://i.imgur.com/BeselzS.png, http://i.imgur.com/ycb10AK.png (Anonymice suggestion courtesy of Amr)

Console Z

Have not tried yet, see microsoft/WSL#279 (comment)

Looks like my iTerm2 setup on OSX

Using Sublime Text through WSL

Install Xming and launch it. You will see a little X icon in your tray.

Install Sublime Text in WSL bash environment:

sudo apt install libgtk2.0-0
wget https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_3_build_3114_x64.tar.bz2
tar xvjf sublime_text_3_build_3114_x64.tar.bz2
DISPLAY=:0.0 ./sublime_text_3/sublime_text

@onomatopellan comment

Then you can run the following to launch Sublime Text

DISPLAY=:0.0 ./sublime_text_3/sublime_text

If you want to make an easy shortcut, perhaps this will work for you. It gives me a Unable to Connect to dbus error though.

C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe ~ -c "DISPLAY=:0 /opt/sublime_text/sublime_text"

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FAQ

Command to copy to clipboard

echo something | clip.exe

https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/266908-command-prompt-console-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windo/suggestions/13661418-add-a-way-to-copy-to-windows-clipboard-from-the-lx

Shared hosts/hostnames

See

Outdated

Outdated FAQ

`ifconfig` is not supported

See

$ ifconfig
Command 'ifconfig' is available in '/sbin/ifconfig'
The command could not be located because '/sbin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
This is most likely caused by the lack of administrative privileges associated with your user account.
ifconfig: command not found

$ sudo /sbin/ifconfig
Warning: cannot open /proc/net/dev (No such file or directory). Limited output.

Colors are weird (syntax highlighting, etc)

Currently only 16-bit color. We need 256-bit color

See

babhishek21/lxss-wsl-bash-windows-tips.md