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    2 months ago

    Yes and no: No, on WSL, it’s the wsl command executed in the MS Windows PowerShell, that will give you the Linux command prompt.

    Yes, from there on, the commands to be executed within the shell are identical.

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        2 months ago

        I’m not a WSL user, but I presume it lets you run any shell that’s installed and available to its $PATH.

        So if you want to do the commands in bash, and you’re not in (or not sure if you’re in) bash, you can just type bash into the terminal prompt of whatever currently running shell, hit enter, then you’re in bash. Or for fish, or whatever else.

        (ps, my personal preference encouraged, yes, in general, use fish (where suitable [~ different usecase to wanting to specifically use “Git Bash”, like in OP’s link’s first step, I presume]), fish’s more human friendly in syntax and interactivity.) ;)

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        2 months ago

        Yes, whatever shell your WSL is using. Usually, it should be the Ubuntu default Bash, but if you happen to have chosen a distro that uses Fish or installed it yourself, it’s Fish.