Microsoft explained a little more about its support for the Bash shell on Windows, as unveiled during its Build keynote talk on Wednesday.

Enabling Windows Subsystem for Linux will allow you to run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 11/10, Bash scripts, Linux command-line tools, Linux-first tools.

Learn how to enable the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10 with WSL 2 support. You can now use the real Linux Kernel with full command support on Windows 10.

Enable/disable Windows Explorer shell integration. Configure experimental GUI settings, including a Windows 10 theme for your Linux applications, HiDPI support, and international input methods.

To create and run shell scripts on Windows PC, you need to install Ubuntu, enable Windows Subsystem Linux, and Developers mode.

The Windows Terminal app provides an entry into multiple command line tools for Windows 10 and 11. Some key customizations make it even more useful.

Linux shells might appear similar to the Command Prompt, but if you're coming from the Windows command line, there's a lot to discover about them.