Recomended shell for Perl on Windowx XP?

[noleander]

I'm a unix programmer, new to the Windows XP environment. I downloaded Perl, and I'm _very_ happy with it ... I've written a few good scripts already.

Now I need a shell to use: a window I can interactively type-in commands (preferably, Perl-like commands). I looked at Cygwin but it is too big. MKS tookkit cost lots of $$$. I downloaded bash, but it doesn't support variables with spaces in the names ... kinda required on a windows computer.

Is there a free shell for windows that supports unix-like commands like cd, ls, pwd, grep, etc?

Thanks in advance for any replies,
neal

 

[TonyGroves]

What's wrong with the standard Windows shell, cmd? It's not as powerful as bash etc., and of course it has its own syntax, but it does work.

 

[noleander]

I tried the CMD shell, but I couldnt locate a grep or pwd command ... I figured if it doesnt even have grep or pwd (or wc or ps or ....) then I'll be a lot more efficient if I can locate a unix-like shell that works on Windows.

I'm not alone: I've found lots of unix-like scripts that people have written for windows, so I was just looking for one of them that someone else has been using for a long time and recommends.

 

[KevinADC]

not sure if this is what you are looking for but found it with a quick google search:

http://jlb.twu.net/code/unixkit.php

 

[chazoid]

Here's another one that I've been using - Also, with cygwin, can't you select only the utilities you want to download and install? It's definitely pretty large if you do the full install. I think it was more than 1GB

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

 

[PaulTEG]

There's an NT RESKIT, so I'd assume there's an XP RESKIT which has all the POSIX tools, where to get it, now that I'm not sure of.

--Paul

cigless ...

 

[mikevh]

with cygwin, can't you select only the utilities you want to download and install?

Yes, you can. It's a while since I've been to the site, but I believe there's a "basic install" which will probably give you what you need.