This blog post introduces the jd function that enhances the cd (change directory) command for Bash shells under WSL to make it easier to access past working directories without the need to remember or type their paths, as well as to allow typing and pasting Windows paths. You can use the jd function just asContinue reading “WSL Bash CD Enhancement to Track Directories Across Sessions”
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WSL/Bash/Linux Cheat Sheet
ChatGPT wrote a cheat sheet of commands available in Bash under WSL (Linux). You should be able to generate cheat sheets about anything, but if there is much content, you need to break the process into phases. Step 1: Create Lists of Commands Step 2: Create Markdown Tables Step 3: Merge and Sort Step 4:Continue reading “WSL/Bash/Linux Cheat Sheet”
Using Windows Command Line Tool Output in Bash under WSL
This blog post explains how you can use the output of Windows Command Prompt commands in Bash scripts under WSL. In Bash under WSL, I want to use the output of the tree command to list the contents of a WSL directory. Tree is unusual in a few ways: it is part of cmd.exe, notContinue reading “Using Windows Command Line Tool Output in Bash under WSL”
Notes from Ripping CDs with WSL in 2024
This blog post describes my experiences ripping CDs to .flac files in late 2024. I had a relatively large collection of music compact discs (CDs) before I inherited at least three times as much from some relatives. I decided to digitize it to .flac (lossless but large) and to convert those files to .mp3 whenContinue reading “Notes from Ripping CDs with WSL in 2024”
Quick Intro to the tmux Terminal Multiplexer
This blog post introduces tmux, which is a terminal multiplexer for multiple command line shells in different windowpanes within a single operating system window. The video associated with this post demonstrates monitoring the output from a server application in one pane and resource utilization in another pane while allowing the developer to invoke commands inContinue reading “Quick Intro to the tmux Terminal Multiplexer”
Use OneDrive (or otherwise) to Share WSL Bash Shell Command History Between Accounts and Machines
This blog post explains how you can use OneDrive to share Bash shell history between different accounts and machines. Sharing OneDrive including bin and my personal Bash configuration to multiple Windows machines with WSL has been highly valuable for me. For example, I use a shared file on OneDrive to configure Bash for all accountsContinue reading “Use OneDrive (or otherwise) to Share WSL Bash Shell Command History Between Accounts and Machines”
Mount Remote Apple File System from Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
I accidentally posted this to the wrong blog! https://deliverystack.net/2024/10/21/mount-remote-apple-file-system-from-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl/ Here it is again. This blog post provides shortcuts to mount a remote Apple file system under Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can use this technique to access Apple file systems from Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows itself. You can use Airdrop to copy imagesContinue reading “Mount Remote Apple File System from Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)”
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