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Old 02-19-2009
Runing Shell program in Windows XP

This is my first time to come across about Unix and Shell scsripting. So, I want to practice shell scripting and Unix in my WindowsXp S P2. Bu t i dont know what software sh ould i use for this. And this is for personal Practice only. Please Help me,.
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Old 02-19-2009
Greetings and Welcome!
Off the top of my head, I have two options for you:
  1. Get a virtualization software like VirtualBox or VMware and install one of the free UNIXes (OpenSolaris, *BSD, Linux)
  2. Install Cygwin
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