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Windows Subsystem for Linux distributions primarily use BASH as the command line shell.

#### Prerequisites

Make sure your `commandline` setting is targeting the `wsl.exe -d <distro>` file, not the `<distro>.exe` file.
For example, use `C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\wsl.exe -d Ubuntu-24.04` instead of `Ubuntu2404.exe`.

#### `bash`

Add the following line to the end of your `.bash_profile` config file:
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