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rzjnzk
rzjnzk

Reputation: 140

How to enter Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux (ubuntu) from PowerShell at the current PowerShell working dir

When running the command bash or ubuntu in PowerShell, the Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux is entered, however, the current working dir for PowerShell is not carried across to BASH. Is there a way to implement this functionality?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 15573

Answers (1)

Adam
Adam

Reputation: 4178

From your Windows Powershell or Powershell Core window, type bash (or wsl); for example:

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Now, later versions of Windows include WSL.exe, which replaces bash.exe. The behavior of both executable is the same on my system. The official documentation for wsl.exe states:

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You can read that documentation here. Net-net,

I'm running Windows 10 Build-17763. If you aren't experiencing the same behavior I am, you might be running an older version of WSL. You can determine the version of WSL from your build number.

Upvotes: 8

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