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Microsoft clarifies: Windows Terminal will not replace Command Prompt

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    Kent Sharkey
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    Instead, Windows Terminal is designed to provide a more modern and feature-rich interface for command-line enthusiasts, offering the flexibility to work with various command-line applications, including Command Prompt, PowerShell, and others.

    Because people just love their batch files

    Yeah, I know you can host cmd in terminal and get your batch files done that way. But it really just brings up the point again, "what's the point of terminal anyway?" "command-line enthusiasts"?!?!?

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      On MSFT[^]:

      Instead, Windows Terminal is designed to provide a more modern and feature-rich interface for command-line enthusiasts, offering the flexibility to work with various command-line applications, including Command Prompt, PowerShell, and others.

      Because people just love their batch files

      Yeah, I know you can host cmd in terminal and get your batch files done that way. But it really just brings up the point again, "what's the point of terminal anyway?" "command-line enthusiasts"?!?!?

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      Nelek
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      Kent Sharkey wrote:

      But it really just brings up the point again, "what's the point of terminal anyway?"

      Only because you can do something...

      M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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      • K Kent Sharkey

        On MSFT[^]:

        Instead, Windows Terminal is designed to provide a more modern and feature-rich interface for command-line enthusiasts, offering the flexibility to work with various command-line applications, including Command Prompt, PowerShell, and others.

        Because people just love their batch files

        Yeah, I know you can host cmd in terminal and get your batch files done that way. But it really just brings up the point again, "what's the point of terminal anyway?" "command-line enthusiasts"?!?!?

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        trønderen
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        Kent Sharkey wrote:

        "what's the point of terminal anyway?"

        Making *nix guys feel at home.

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          On MSFT[^]:

          Instead, Windows Terminal is designed to provide a more modern and feature-rich interface for command-line enthusiasts, offering the flexibility to work with various command-line applications, including Command Prompt, PowerShell, and others.

          Because people just love their batch files

          Yeah, I know you can host cmd in terminal and get your batch files done that way. But it really just brings up the point again, "what's the point of terminal anyway?" "command-line enthusiasts"?!?!?

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          Gary Wheeler
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          Kent Sharkey wrote:

          Because people just love their batch files

          You'll take away my batch files and my Command Prompt when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers(*). Or when I retire in 2028. (*) Be careful. The edges of the window will be very hot. (paraphrasing JSOP)

          Software Zen: delete this;

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            Kent Sharkey wrote:

            Because people just love their batch files

            You'll take away my batch files and my Command Prompt when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers(*). Or when I retire in 2028. (*) Be careful. The edges of the window will be very hot. (paraphrasing JSOP)

            Software Zen: delete this;

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            obermd
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            I still use cmd and vbs scripts. They're lightweight when compared to PowerShell and a whole lot easier to read.

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              I still use cmd and vbs scripts. They're lightweight when compared to PowerShell and a whole lot easier to read.

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              Gary Wheeler
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              For a long time our automated build process was a grotesque collection of batch files, VBS scripts, and some executables. A little over ten years ago I rewrote the whole mess as a Windows service in C#. Vastly easier to maintain, enhance, and debug.

              Software Zen: delete this;

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                For a long time our automated build process was a grotesque collection of batch files, VBS scripts, and some executables. A little over ten years ago I rewrote the whole mess as a Windows service in C#. Vastly easier to maintain, enhance, and debug.

                Software Zen: delete this;

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                obermd
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                Having taken batch files and rewritten them in a full programming language, I fully understand. My inspiration for the SetiDriver MFC application was a set of batch scripts that did the same function but in a much less elegant way.

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