For web developers working on Windows machines, setting up a native Linux development environment used to require heavy virtual machines that drained system RAM. Today, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) offers a seamless, high-performance alternative.
With WSL, you get a full Ubuntu or Debian environment running directly inside Windows without any performance penalty. This allows you to test local server configurations, run Apache locally, and execute Perl or Shell scripts exactly as they would perform on a live production server. Setting it up is as simple as opening PowerShell and running wsl --install. For small businesses developing custom internal tools, WSL bridges the gap between local creation and live cloud deployment effortlessly.
I use/run WSL2 on a HP laptop, quite heavily.
One of the things I frequently do on my WSL laptop is upload / sync / download / files and folders.
An example tool I use frequently to upload files to my servers is SCP and/or rSync.
An example command to upload files/directories looks like this:
scp file.txt user@remote.tldAn example command to download would be
rsync user@remote.tld:~/public/dir260628 .
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