You're reading from Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Maximise productivity of your Windows 10 development machine with custom workflows and configurations

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800562448

Length 246 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Shell Scripting

Author (1):

Stuart Leeks

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction, Installation, and Configuration

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Windows Subsystem for Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the Windows Subsystem for Linux

4. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Windows Terminal

5. Section 2:Windows and Linux – A Winning Combination

6. Chapter 4: Windows to Linux Interoperability

7. Chapter 5: Linux to Windows Interoperability

8. Chapter 6: Getting More from Windows Terminal

9. Chapter 7: Working with Containers in WSL

10. Chapter 8: Working with WSL Distros

11. Section 3: Developing with the Windows Subsystem for Linux

12. Chapter 9: Visual Studio Code and WSL

13. Chapter 10: Visual Studio Code and Containers

14. Chapter 11: Productivity Tips with Command-Line Tools

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Summary

In this chapter, you've seen ways to work with multiple Windows Terminal profiles. First, you saw how to work with multiple tabs by controlling tab titles (and colors) to help keep track of the context for each tab. Then you saw how to work with panes to allow multiple (potentially different) profiles to run in the same tab. You may find that you prefer one way of working to the other or that you combine tabs and profiles. Either way, you also learned how to use the Windows Terminal command line to script the creation of both tabs and panes to allow you to easily and quickly create consistent, productive working environments for your projects.

The chapter ended by looking at how Windows Terminal profiles can be used for more than just running a shell by setting up a profile that launches SSH to connect to a remote machine. You then saw how to take that further and prompt you to pick from a list of machines to connect to, using a Bash script. If you regularly connect...