Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) Alternatives

Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) is described as 'GS.EXE (Gregs DOS Shell) is an alternative DOS shell, with improved editing features, command history, and support for glass' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are five alternatives to Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) for Windows. The best Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) alternative is clink, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) are Windows Command Prompt, TCC/LE, Colorconsole and CMD++.

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GS.EXE (Gregs DOS Shell) is an alternative DOS shell, with improved editing features, command history, and support for glass.

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Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. clink icon
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    Clink enhances your productivity in Microsoft Windows' "cmd.exe". If you're familiar with Bash then you will be familiar with the changes that clink brings to "cmd.exe" (it uses the same 'Readline' library that Bash uses). It is a small utility.

    14 clink alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    clink Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Command line/bash
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    • clink is the most popular Windows alternative to Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE).

    • clink is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Gregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE).

    • clink is Free and Open SourceGregs DOS Shell (GS.EXE) is Free and Proprietary
  2. Windows Command Prompt icon
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    Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd (after its executable file name), is the command-line interpreter on Windows NT, Windows CE, OS/2 and eComStation operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.

    40 Windows Command Prompt alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Windows Command Prompt Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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  3. TCC/LE icon
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    TCC/LE is a complete CMD replacement, and is compatible with your existing Windows command prompt and CMD batch files, while adding thousands of new features.

    21 TCC/LE alternatives
    Screenshot of TCC/LE in action, taken from official website.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TCC/LE Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Command line interface
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  4. Colorconsole icon
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    ColorConsole brings a little color to your black and white world of Windows console .

    6 Colorconsole alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Colorconsole Features

    1.  Portable
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  5. CMD++ icon
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    CMD++ is a command line program, which was devoloped as alternative to the Windows (R) console. You can use it at public places (eg. at school) when the native console is locked but you do need to run a program in the console (eg. to type arguments).

    28 CMD++ alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    last release in 2009 per sourceforge. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/cmdpp/files/

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