How to generate .env file for laravel?

Question

From the documentation I see it\'s possible to create a laravel project via laravel installer:

$laravel new blog

or via composer:

Answer 1

In windows OS, you can open command prompt, change directory to your project directory.
Example,
My project directory

E:\xampp\htdocs\my_project

You can type into your Command prompt like this (hit enter each line):

E:

cd xampp\htdocs\my_project

Then you can type,

copy .env.example .env

If you are using Linux, you can type cp, instead of copy