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Add platforms section and include WSL #676

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Expand Up @@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ Node.js version management: no subshells, no profile setup, no convoluted API, j

![usage animation](https://nimit.io/images/n/n.gif)

(Note: `n` is not supported natively on Windows.)

- [`n` – Interactively Manage Your Node.js Versions](#n--interactively-manage-your-nodejs-versions)
- [Supported Platforms](#supported-platforms)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Third Party Installers](#third-party-installers)
- [Installing Node.js Versions](#installing-nodejs-versions)
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- [Optional Environment Variables](#optional-environment-variables)
- [How It Works](#how-it-works)

## Supported Platforms

`n` is supported on macOS, Linux, including with Windows Subsystem for Linux, and various other unix-like systems.
It is written as a BASH script but does not require you to use BASH as your command shell.

`n` does not work in native shells on Microsoft Windows (like PowerShell), or Git for Windows BASH, or with the Cygwin DLL.

## Installation

Since you probably already have `node`, the easiest way to install `n` is through `npm`:
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