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wsl: Change the version of wsl used for the specified distribution.
$ wsl --set-version ${distribution} ${version}
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The command "wsl --set-version ${distribution} ${version}" is used to set the version of a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distribution.
Here's what each part of the command does:
- "wsl" is the command-line tool used to interact with the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- "--set-version" is an option that specifies that we want to set the version of a particular WSL distribution.
- "${distribution}" is a placeholder for the name or identifier of the WSL distribution we want to modify. This could be the distribution's name (e.g., "Ubuntu") or its assigned identifier (e.g., "Ubuntu-20.04").
- "${version}" is a placeholder for the version number we want to set for the specified WSL distribution. This could be either "1" or "2".
By running this command and replacing the placeholders with the actual distribution and version, you can switch between WSL version 1 and version 2 for a specific distribution. WSL version 2 has additional features and performance improvements compared to version 1.
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