All articles tagged with #command line
Preview builds of Windows 11 remove the 32GB FAT32 limit when formatting via the command line, enabling up to 2TB partitions; GUI formatting remains unchanged. The storage page also becomes more responsive when listing disks and volumes. These changes are in Windows Insider builds with no announced general release date.
Microsoft introduced a PowerShell-based CLI for the Microsoft Store, enabling search, installation, and updates of Store apps directly from the command line, including bulk updates; however, it only works with Store-listed apps and may not include popular programs like Chrome or Paint.NET.
A new open-source, cross-platform tool called Tirith hooks into major shells to inspect pasted commands for dangerous URLs and other homoglyph tricks, blocking execution locally with sub-millisecond overhead. It defends against homograph domains, terminal injections, pipe-to-shell patterns, dotfile hijacking, insecure transports, supply-chain risks, and credential exposure, while performing analysis offline and without telemetry. It supports Windows, Linux, and macOS and can be installed via Homebrew, apt/dnf, npm, Cargo, Nix, Scoop, Chocolatey, and Docker. It does not hook cmd.exe and has limited independent testing at publication.
Microsoft has introduced a new lightweight, open-source command-line text editor called 'Edit' in Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, addressing the lack of a default CLI editor on 64-bit Windows. The update also includes multi-monitor notification support, but some features like Administrator Protection are still pending.
Microsoft has officially deprecated PowerShell 2.0 in Windows, ending its long-standing presence for modern Windows 11 and Windows Insider builds, encouraging users to upgrade to newer versions like PowerShell 5.1 or PowerShell 7.x.
Ming Tommy Tang, a computational biologist, shares his unexpected career journey from a wet-lab biologist to a computational biologist. Tang emphasizes the importance of learning the command line, as it is essential for conducting bioinformatics analyses and working with high-performance computing clusters. He recommends resources such as online courses and books to learn the basics of the command line. Tang's dedication to helping other wet-lab biologists make the transition is evident through his blog and willingness to share his knowledge and experiences.