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cool things to do on wine (mac & linux)

One thing about wine is how easy it is to use and how compatible it is.
So here is a small list of cool things you can do on wine :)

windows command prompt (cmd)
windows command prompt is the peak of development on windows however if you have a different operating system it may be frustrating to see youtube tutorials that don’t work because it uses windows cmd and not the standard bash terminal.
Well now you can do those tutorial by running:
wine64 cmd (please note if you use a 32-bit OS do not include the 64 just use the wine command).
this command emulates the windows command prompt for all OS’s to use

batch files
batch files can be used for everything from TAS bots to apps to automated tasks or just a computer prank. If you want to run a batch file for macOS or linux just run:
wine64 yourFile.bat
and thats it!

vbs script
I didn’t think vbs was possible on mac or linux but it turns out it is. Vbs isn’t as popular as it used to be but it is still a good programming language. So lets get straight to the point. run:
wine64 start yourFile.vbs

and there you go! those are my top three favourite things to do on wine!

Enjoy coding :)

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