How To Use Unix Commands On Windows 8

If you ever used Linux/Unix OS the you probably notice that it has a lot cool shell commands, that can make your life easier. In this tutorial I’ll show you the simplest way to use Unix commands of windows 8 .

STEP 1

Download UnxUtils form this link :

Click Here To Download

STEP 2

Extract it to ‘C:\UnxUtils’

STEP 3

Now, add the environment variable in the User variables:
Variable name: Path
Variable value: C:\unxutils\bin\;C:\unxutils\usr\local\wbin\

STEP 3

Open Command Prompt and try to type Unix command

As you can see on image above, now you can use Unix commands as ls,grep,wc and similar.