# Use Unix commands in Windows Developers who are more used to Unix style operating systems may sometimes end up in organizations where Windows is the preferred OS. And these developers terribly miss powerful features of Unix based editors (vi), text processors (awk, sed) etc. While there are software available which can provide functionality similar to Linux distributions on Windows, if may not be always possible to install them on your work PC. This is where docker comes to your rescue. As long as you have docker on your machine, you should be able to leverage the power of Unix. `docker run -it -v C:/for_docker: /var bash` The above command uses the 'bash' image to run the Unix environment. It mounts the 'C:/for\_docker' folder on the Windows machine to the '/var' folder of the Unix container. The '-it' options makes you logged into the container after the command is run. Move the files which you might want to be processed with Unix commands to the 'C:/for\_docker' and they will be available in the '/var' folder of the container ready to be used. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.amalantony.com/use-unix-commands-in-windows.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.