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Why Microsoft open sourced PowerShell and ported it to Linux (www.cio.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In the comments section of a recent post I found out that Windows PowerShell had been ported to Linux. Had no clue it was a thing.

Went looking and found this old article attempting to explain why they did it. Not remotely interested in giving up Bash for PowerShell, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. The article seems to be from 2016.

I have never been more tempted to check the NSFW box, but I'll leave it open for now unless a mod complains. :-D

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

PowerShell actually does uphold the Linux philosophy pretty well. Most functions are in modules that can be imported, disabled or swapped out as appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

PS looking good