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> Check if the process is running inside [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl/about) (Bash on Windows)

Can be useful if you need to work around unimplemented or buggy features in WSL. Supports both WSL 1 and WSL 2.


## Install

```
$ npm install is-wsl
```


## Usage

```js
const isWsl = require('is-wsl');

// When running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux
console.log(isWsl);
//=> true
```


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Check if the process is running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (Bash on Windows). 

is-wsl

Check if the process is running inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (Bash on Windows)

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