npyl / runnix

Run linux executables or scripts from withing Windows without opening Bash

runnix

Run linux executables or scripts in Windows 10 without opening Bash

 

Usage

Usage is fairly simple:

runnix [executable] --args1 [arg1a] [arg2b] ... [arg1N] --args2 [arg2a] [arg2b] ... [arg2N] --options [option1] [option2] ... [optionN]

 

where:

• [executable] is path to the linux executable or script you want to run

• arguments corresponding to --arg1 will be thrown before the executable when we run it in WSL:

  arg1a arg1b ... arg1N C:\path\to\my\linux\script.sh

• arguments corresponding to --arg2 will be thrown after the executable when we run it in WSL, like this:

  C:\path\to\my\linux\script.sh arg2a arg2b ... arg2N

• [options] are arguments for runnix. They will not be part of the command that’ll be executed.

Available options are:

-h Print help

-d [str] Choose yourself the distro in which you want to run your command.

NOTE: [str] must be a unique name representing a distro e.g. Fabrikam.Distro.10.01 or Ubuntu. Default is Ubuntu.

Rules:

• you MUST follow the order shown but

• you ARE ALLOWED to use ONLY the switches YOU desire.

e.g. one may only use the --args1 and --options, or the --args1 and --args2, etc. That's ok.

Build

You will need Visual Studio (At least with C++ Support)

Aknowledgements

Many thanks to GitHub user "0xbadfca11" for his code related to getting the WslLaunch function from the wslapi.dll.

Notes

This will NOT work on some older versions of Windows 10. Please update your Windows to latest version if you want to use this software.

License

MIT License