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But a benefit might be cross-platform compatibility seeing as some OSes don't come with, say, grep out of the box. While you could use the native tools, there c
by emgee3 11y ago
But a benefit might be cross-platform compatibility seeing as some OSes don't come with, say, grep out of the box. While you could use the native tools, there could be some benefit to writing your own to do exactly what you want consistently.
I don't really disagree with you, but just pointing out there is some benefit to writing one's own CLI.
- ufo 11y agoI think its easier to install cygwin than replace all the command line tools I am used to with Javascript equivalents.
- benaiah 11y agoHaving installed cygwin, I’m not so sure. :P
- emgee3 11y agoTruth
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- emgee3 11y agoSure if you want a full set of native tools I won't suggest otherwise. But a full cygwin install is way more invasive than node, and if you just want some specific tools, vorpal might be for you. Or maybe cygwin is. Whatever works for you.
- nibnib 11y agoOr install ports of enough to get work done. Ag works very well on Windows.
- scardine 11y agoI think GOW (GNU on Windows) is a better alternative to cygwin.
- baldfat 11y agoI am still holding my breath for Windows 10 to start including more and more Unix tools. We finally have ssh to be included with Windows 10 and having tools awk, sed, grep on Windows seems like a logical move for Microsoft EVENTUALLY. For now I use vagrant all the time when I am on Windows.
- aikah 11y ago> But a benefit might be cross-platform compatibility seeing as some OSes don't come with, say, grep out of the box If you have git installed on your machine you have grep ( windows users) and most of linux command tools.