Unix Command in Windows???

Unix Command in Windows???

Yeah,there's a little secret that might you dont know about Windows 7.We can use Unix command in Windows without using cygwin! believe it?
Let's look it together.

The name of this technology? It used to be called Interix, then became Services for UNIX (SFU) as they added more bits on top of Interix, and is now known as Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA). The current name is more of a mouthful, but is a more accurate name.


So, to run SUA, you need one of the following versions of Windows:

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows 7 - Enterprise or Ultimate Edition
Windows Vista - Enterprise or Ultimate Edition

Other than that? Dont work :(

How to enable this SUA? [I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate in this case as example]

1 - Go to the Control Panel.
2 - Browse to Programs and Features.

3 - Click Turn Windows features on or off.
4 - Select the check box for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications.

5 - Click OK
6 - In the start menu, click All Programs > Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications > Download Utilities for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications

7 - Download the SUA installer from the Microsoft website. Which in my case,I download this-->Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications_X86.exe. Choose which one suit your pc.
8 - Once downloaded, double-click Utilities and SDK for UNIX-based Applications_X86.exe in your downloads folder.

9 - Go trough the auto-installer.

10 - I'd recommend you choose the custom setup and enable the GNU Utilities and then, in the following step, select all three check boxes to allow su to root, enable setuid and enable case sensitivity.
11 - Finished! And now you can run UNIX commands.