Magnus Lycka wrote: >Terry Reedy wrote: > > >>This should REALLY be on the doc page of the Python site. >> >> >Agreed. > > > >>It is really time to stop pretending that the only Python users >>that count have a *nix on their desk. >> >> >I agree with this too, but if you're a programmer >on the Windows platform with possibility to install >software on the machine you work with, I strongly >suggest that you install cygwin or something >equivalent. Not just for "man python". Tools like >grep and find are vastly superior to anything I've >seen natively on windows if you want to process the >data you find in some automated way. > >In my experience, Windows 2000 and later are fairly >decent operating systems if you have Python and >cygwin installed, but I'd feel awfully handicapped >without those tools. > > As a programmer on Win32, and *nix platforms, I agree with needing better tools. however, I find cygwin a pita. For tools such as grep and find, try this http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/. No need for cygwin ( though that's not say cygwin isn't useful ).
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