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On 27.10.2016 1:57, Duncan Roe wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:21:07AM +0300, Evgeny Grin wrote:
>> With latest Window Insider preview it's possible to run Linux command
>> from cmd, Windows commands from bash and even use input-output redirects!
>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wsl/2016/10/19/windows-and-ubuntu-interoperability/
>> Seems that WSL also automatically translate \r\n<->\n.
>>
> CMD.EXE has supported input and output redirection since forever (XP at least).
> I suggest claiming it as a "new feature" is just marketing hype.

CMD supports pipes from the first published version (Windows NT 3.1,
1993). But WSL was isolated: until now it was not possible to run Win32
programs from WSL's bash and was not possible to redirect Win32 output
to Linux application (and vice versa).

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