random technical notes

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019.

WSL provides a Linux-compatible kernel interface developed by Microsoft (containing no Linux kernel code), which can then run a GNU user space on top of it, such as that of Ubuntu, openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Debian and Kali Linux. Such a user space might contain a Bash shell and command language, with native GNU/Linux command-line tools (sed, awk, etc.), programming language interpreters (Ruby, Python, etc.), and even graphical applications (using a X11 server at the host side). (wikipedia)

• MSDN: Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux
• How-To Geek: How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10

At Linux BASH shell, we can type in history command to print a list of the commands that have been entered in the current shell.

At windows command prompt, you can show a Graphical History window by pressing the F7 key.

Alternatively, you can press F9 function key to enter the specific command you want to execute in the command history.

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