UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I use windows and I wanted to know how I can use shell script in windows. I saw windows power shell but the commands they use seem to be different from those I know as a newbie. For example I wanted to change the permission of a file using chmod, but it doesn't recognise such a command. So I would like to know a shell script that uses the known commands and works in windows.

you can use Microsofts services for unix, cygwin , etc. However, i would recommend you use programming languages like Python or Perl, as they can provide more than what shell scripts can do, also in terms of vast amount of libraries available.

Oh I didn't know that. So I can use ANY programming language to run shell scripts? I already have bloodshed on my PC. OK if I use this, how do I execute the program I wrote? Thanks in advance!

no, not ANY progamming language. commonly used ones are those i mentioned for administrative tasks. And no, you don't normally run shell scripts (unless ABSOLUTELY necessary) in those programming language. those languages themselves provide their OWN facilities for you to do administrative tasks, such as listing directories, finding files, moving files, string processing etc ...most of what tools like ls, cp, mv can do..among other things.

Ok. So I have bloodhshed dev installed on y PC. It is a c++ programming language software. So can I use that?

sure you can, but what do you want to do actually? program a device driver??

sounds like you need to learn the mircosoft power shell.

the chmod command won't work in windows because windows has a diffrent way of doing things.

this forum is mostly about unix, you need to find a forum for windows.