wsl

Manage the Windows Subsystem for Linux. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/reference.

• Start a Linux shell (in the default distribution):

wsl shell_command

• Run a Linux command without using a shell:

wsl --exec command command_arguments

• Specify a particular distribution:

wsl --distribution distribution shell_command

• List available distributions:

wsl --list

• Export a distribution to a .tar file:

wsl --export distribution path\to\distro_file.tar

• Import a distribution from a .tar file:

wsl --import distribution path\to\install_location path/to/distro_file.tar

• Change the version of wsl used for the specified distribution:

wsl --set-version distribution version

• Shut down Windows Subsystem for Linux:

wsl --shutdown