Missing Linux apps on Windows

[Derek Broughton]

Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) wrote:

> Just like there are a few Linux/GNU/Free Software apps for which I have
> not found Windows-equivalents. For example, grep, sed, awk, vi.
...
> Anyway, *every* Linux distro has them installed by default, but you have
> to jump trough hoops to get them on Windows.

I certainly hope not!  No system of mine has ever had a full implementation 
of vi.  Ubuntu installs vim-tiny, and _that's_ too much.

> Srsly, I cannot imagine how any system administrator could ever survive
> without grep...

Nothing I can't do with the search tool in explorer.  I _prefer_ grep, but I 
can manage just fine in Windows.
-- 
derek