* Running a command in a specific directory
@ 2022-03-22 22:35 Piotr Gliźniewicz
2022-03-22 22:40 ` Eliot Moss
2022-03-23 7:21 ` Brian Inglis
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Piotr Gliźniewicz @ 2022-03-22 22:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hi,
I'm trying to run a command at a specific "Windows" path. Basically
something similar to what chere does for bash, but I want to execute ls
in bash for a specific directory. I've tried variations of what chere
leaves in the registry:
C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe '%L'"
Adding simply `-c ls` didn't work.
To start with something simpler I've launched bash and tried just to
guess what xhere want's, but I don't really know what's happening. I
couldn't find any help for xhere.
/cygdrive/c
$ /bin/xhere '/bin/bash.exe -c ls' d:
/bin/xhere: line 38: [: too many arguments
/bin/xhere: line 41: [: too many arguments
/bin/xhere: line 64: [: too many arguments
Starting /bin/bash.exe -c ls
-/bin/bash: ls: command not found
/cygdrive/c
$ /bin/xhere "/bin/bash.exe -c ls" d:
/bin/xhere: line 38: [: too many arguments
/bin/xhere: line 41: [: too many arguments
/bin/xhere: line 64: [: too many arguments
Starting /bin/bash.exe -c ls
-/bin/bash: ls: command not found
Any hints, how to properly pass `/bin/bash.exe -c ls` to xhere?
--
Regards,
Piotr Gliźniewicz
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* Re: Running a command in a specific directory
2022-03-22 22:35 Running a command in a specific directory Piotr Gliźniewicz
@ 2022-03-22 22:40 ` Eliot Moss
2022-03-23 7:21 ` Brian Inglis
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eliot Moss @ 2022-03-22 22:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Piotr Gliźniewicz, cygwin
On 3/22/2022 6:35 PM, Piotr Gliźniewicz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run a command at a specific "Windows" path. Basically something similar to what chere
> does for bash, but I want to execute ls in bash for a specific directory. I've tried variations of
> what chere leaves in the registry:
>
> C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe '%L'"
>
> Adding simply `-c ls` didn't work.
>
> To start with something simpler I've launched bash and tried just to guess what xhere want's, but I
> don't really know what's happening. I couldn't find any help for xhere.
>
> /cygdrive/c
> $ /bin/xhere '/bin/bash.exe -c ls' d:
> /bin/xhere: line 38: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 41: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 64: [: too many arguments
> Starting /bin/bash.exe -c ls
> -/bin/bash: ls: command not found
>
> /cygdrive/c
> $ /bin/xhere "/bin/bash.exe -c ls" d:
> /bin/xhere: line 38: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 41: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 64: [: too many arguments
> Starting /bin/bash.exe -c ls
> -/bin/bash: ls: command not found
>
> Any hints, how to properly pass `/bin/bash.exe -c ls` to xhere?
I'm not familiar with xhere; I would just do something like:
C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -c "cd place/I/want/to/be; ls"
Cheers - EM
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* Re: Running a command in a specific directory
2022-03-22 22:35 Running a command in a specific directory Piotr Gliźniewicz
2022-03-22 22:40 ` Eliot Moss
@ 2022-03-23 7:21 ` Brian Inglis
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Brian Inglis @ 2022-03-23 7:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 2022-03-22 16:35, Piotr Gliźniewicz wrote:
> I'm trying to run a command at a specific "Windows" path. Basically
> something similar to what chere does for bash, but I want to execute ls
> in bash for a specific directory. I've tried variations of what chere
> leaves in the registry:
> C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash.exe '%L'"
> Adding simply `-c ls` didn't work.
> To start with something simpler I've launched bash and tried just to
> guess what xhere want's, but I don't really know what's happening. I
> couldn't find any help for xhere.
> /cygdrive/c
> $ /bin/xhere '/bin/bash.exe -c ls' d:
> /bin/xhere: line 38: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 41: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 64: [: too many arguments
> Starting /bin/bash.exe -c ls
> -/bin/bash: ls: command not found
> /cygdrive/c
> $ /bin/xhere "/bin/bash.exe -c ls" d:
> /bin/xhere: line 38: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 41: [: too many arguments
> /bin/xhere: line 64: [: too many arguments
> Starting /bin/bash.exe -c ls
> -/bin/bash: ls: command not found
> Any hints, how to properly pass `/bin/bash.exe -c ls` to xhere?
$ file `which xhere`
/usr/bin/xhere: Bourne-Again shell script, ASCII text executable
$ head `which xhere`
#!/bin/bash
# Have to use bash; can't get ash to "exec -l"
# Separate script from chere to avoid need for argument parsing
#
# first arg is shell
# second arg is the path
...
Can't do that: xhere expects shell path /bin/*sh* and directory path and
runs under bash so it can run exec -l to exec shell as login shell after
cd dir.
Starting XWin Server from a shortcut uses:
C:\...\cygwin...\bin\run.exe --quote /bin/bash -l -c "cd; exec
/bin/startxwin"
so you could base a commnad line on that.
You could also install and use Cygwin-X with a GUI file manager like
PcManFM, or a text version like Midnight Commander (package mc).
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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