Console - tabbed console for windows

[Lazybones]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

Some of you might find this really useful.. It lets you define console tab defaults such as what shell and start directory. Could be useful if you have special shells such as power shell or others that you work with often..

That and it has some nice visual tweaks

[Mr. Analog]

That actually would be handy for me if it came in a powershell flavour!

[Tom]

I hope it allows the use of bash or something similar. I can't stand cmd.exe or command.com style shells.

[Mr. Analog]

I hope it allows the use of bash or something similar. I can't stand cmd.exe or command.com style shells.

Powershell man, it's Bash for Windows!

[Tom]

I hope it allows the use of bash or something similar. I can't stand cmd.exe or command.com style shells.

Powershell man, it's Bash for Windows!

From what I've heard, it isn't since you have to "Extend" it with C# plugins, rather than simple script functions.

[Mr. Analog]

I hope it allows the use of bash or something similar. I can't stand cmd.exe or command.com style shells.

Powershell man, it's Bash for Windows!

From what I've heard, it isn't since you have to "Extend" it with C# plugins, rather than simple script functions.

How is that different from Bash?

[Tom]

I hope it allows the use of bash or something similar. I can't stand cmd.exe or command.com style shells.

Powershell man, it's Bash for Windows!

From what I've heard, it isn't since you have to "Extend" it with C# plugins, rather than simple script functions.

How is that different from Bash?

In bash I can just source a new script, or write a function inline, and it behaves like a new program. I've heard that in PowerShell you need to compile up a C# plugin and install it some place special for PowerShell to see, then it might see your new extension.

[Mr. Analog]

So the difference is you write your extensions in Bash woooooooooo

Well enjoy CMD.exe then! Have fun with that!

[Tom]

So the difference is you write your extensions in Bash woooooooooo

Well enjoy CMD.exe then! Have fun with that!

Well I write them mostly in files in the path, or in my ~/.bashrc file. But you can write them inline. Don't need to compile them either, or specially install them.

But yeah, I don't enjoy CMD, I use linux. Where the console has been useful for a decade or more.

[Mr. Analog]

troll'd

BAM!

[Lazybones]

FYI it isn't actually a shell it is a front end,

It can be used with CMD, Powershell and even BASH via Cygwin

[Tom]

FYI it isn't actually a shell it is a front end,

It can be used with CMD, Powershell and even BASH via Cygwin

Yes! Thats what I was hoping, it was just a wrapper, or a terminal emulator itself. The available terminal emulators on windows SUCK. rxvt? PILE OF @%&#.

[Thorin]

I went through a little Powershell tutorial on my "extended holiday", and I seem to recall being able to create scripts inline in it as well.

Scripting the command line in Windows is done (or used to be done) using batch files and PsTools.  Surprising how much you can do with that combo.

And yes, I know, Linux has better command line capabilities.  But let's not start a Linux v. Windows holy war on this site, seeing as how we're all friends, m'kay?

[Melbosa]

I use powershell very heavily at NAIT.  It is a very powerful tool for Exchange, AD, and SQL, although it is even more useful with extensible snap-ins and external cli programs.

For example, I use powershell to collect computer accounts out of AD and then execute WMI queries and remote Shutdown.exe commands for certain patch installs.  Then we report on them from the same powershell for success and failure.

Best feature stolen from unix cli's; Tab-Complete!!!!

[Lazybones]

Best feature stolen from unix cli's; Tab-Complete!!!!

CMD has had tab complete for some time... but yes it is great to have.