WSL2: Strange wsl command execution context

[wclr]

D:\Code\chartify>wsl --list -v
  NAME                   STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04           Running         2
  docker-desktop-data    Running         2
  docker-desktop         Running         2

I 'm running the same conmmand node --version using wsl and within wsl and get different results. Seem like wsl [cmd] is run in some different context, not default distro. It is not very expected.

D:\Code\chartify>wsl node --version
v10.19.0

D:\Code\chartify>wsl
alexo@WHITECOLOR-PC:/mnt/d/Code/chartify$
--> node --version
v12.18.3
alexo@WHITECOLOR-PC:/mnt/d/Code/chartify$
-->

[therealkenc]

D:\Code\chartify>wsl node --version

Very likely, you've installed nvm as an unstated part of the repro. That command above is not an interactive shell. Therefore, the node found was not the one in your $HOME/.nvm/... path component added by your .bashrc, because your .bashrc was never fired.

If you wanted equivalence, it would look like:

D:\> wsl.exe /bin/bash -ic 'node --version'

Whatever the specifics, this is Linux-behavior. The node that gets executed is the first one in your $PATH. You would get the same behavior with ssh you@somelinuxbox node --version.

[wclr]

@therealkenc
Thanks! That's what I needed. Couldn't find this in docs.