Set up Bash(Ubuntu) in Cmder :fire: :fireworks:

If you haven't installed bash on your Windows 10, then :point_right: Follow this tutorial

If you don't have Cmder, get it from here.

Launch Cmder, and press Win + Alt + T to open up the settings dialog for Tasks.

Alternatively you can open up the hamburger menu on the bottom right of the window and navigate to: Settings -> Startup -> Tasks.

Step 1

You create a new Task by clicking on the ‘+‘ Button at the bottom and enter the details.

Step 2

The first input field of the dialog is the task name. I named it Ubuntu::bash but the naming is completely up to you. You can use double c olons for grouping, so this would be the Bash task in the Ubuntu group. Cmder already comes with a Bash group containing entries for Bash on mintty (using Cygwin) and another one based on git-for-windows. To distinguish between the other Bashes and the ‘real’ Ubuntu thing, I simply chose to also opt into this naming scheme.

Step 3

In the Task parameters input you can configure an icon

/icon "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\lxss\bash.ico"

Sometimes the icon is not available in that directory. Try to look into this directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_VERSION\images there. the CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_VERSION would be different as per the installations. Or download the icon from internet

Step 4

In the Commands input field, you enter the command that this task should start. This is the actual call to Bash:

%windir%\system32\bash.exe ~ -cur_console:p5

Now you have bash in your Cmder console :fire:

Set up Zsh in Cmder

Create a new task Ubuntu::zsh, but again the naming is up to you.

Same task parameters as for the Bash task and just added -c zsh to the command entry.

This will cause Bash.exe to start Zsh automatically.

The full line is:

%windir%\system32\bash.exe ~ -c zsh -cur_console:p5

Now just create new console by clicking on Green + button and select console as {Ubuntu::zsh} or {Ubuntu::bash} from first combobox and click on start enjoy :fire:

Now you can install oh-my-ZSH in your zsh for cool themes :sunglasses: