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Windows Command Prompt vs Powershell vs Git Bash

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Ben Gubler
·May 19, 2018

Command Shell

8%

Powershell

49%

Git Bash

41%

Other (I'll comment)

3%

37 votes · Closed

It's been really frustrating sometimes when following along in tutorials that make use of the terminal, that Command Prompt doesn't support a lot of default Linux/UNIX/MacOS supported commands like grep, etc. Just yesterday, I realized that I have another terminal available: Git Bash! So far, it seems like I can do anything I could on Command Prompt plus a lot of Linux commands. What's your terminal of choice on Windows? Why? Is there any reason not to use Git Bash?