windows cmd Newb question

[zip184]

Cygwin commands are not working when I run them in windows cmd.exe.  Should they?

I ask this question because my scripts are saying "command not found" for each line in them.  I'm assuming it's trying to run the commands in windows and they're not working?

[Thorsten Kampe]

* zip184 (Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:28:04 -0700 (PDT))
> Cygwin commands are not working when I run them in windows cmd.exe.  Should
> they?

Yes.
 
> I ask this question because my scripts are saying "command not found" for
> each line in them.

What kind of scripts? Batch scripts? Shell scripts?

> I'm assuming it's trying to run the commands in windows
> and they're not working?

No. The question you're asking does not make sense at all because the
the terms you use ("run the commands in windows") don't exist or don't
make sense.

"command not found" basically means "command not found". The mechanism
with which cmd.exe finds commands is called a "path". The concept of a
path is the same for Windows, Linux, NetWare and even Programming
Languages (Python, etc.)...

Thorsten


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[zip184]

I'm trying to run a shell script

[Amir E. Aharoni]

On 30/07/07, zip184 <btillinghast@...> wrote:
> Cygwin commands are not working when I run them in windows cmd.exe.  Should
> they?

Commands that are exe files are supposed to work. For example perl and
grep are both exe files in your bin directory, which is something like
C:\Cygwin\bin in Windows terms.

If you have that directory in your path, then those commands will work
from a regular Windows cmd shell (a "DOS Window").

Anything else is not supposed to work. Commands which are not exe
files, for example shell scripts (bash, ksh, etc.) or Perl or Python
programs will not work directly from the cmd command line. You need to
invoke their interpreter first.

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[zip184]

commands like grep or ls don't work, only regular DOS commands do.   Do you know how I can fix this?

[Amir E. Aharoni]

On 30/07/07, zip184 <btillinghast@...> wrote:
>
> commands like grep or ls don't work, only regular DOS commands do.   Do you
> know how I can fix this?

Check that you have your Cygwin bin directory is in the path.

Cygwin bin directory is (probably) most often located at C:\Cygwin\bin
, but you should check your installation and find its exact location.

Then run the DOS command path:

c:\> path

And check whether your Cygwin bin directory is somewhere in the output.

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[Dave Korn]

On 30 July 2007 16:59, zip184 wrote:

> commands like grep or ls don't work, only regular DOS commands do.   Do you
> know how I can fix this?

Start menu->Settings->Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment variables.
Find 'PATH' in the "System variables" section, click "Edit", append
";C:\cygwin\bin" (without the quotes, and if you installed cygwin anywhere
other than C:\cygwin, use that directory name instead).  Click "Apply" and
"OK" until you've closed the "System Properties".  Close cmd.exe, start
another one and bingo.



    cheers,
      DaveK
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[Thorsten Kampe]

* zip184 (Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:56:06 -0700 (PDT))
> I'm trying to run a shell script

Are you sure? Anyway, you already executed the script and got errors.
These errros are really unrelated to Cmd.exe or Cygwin. You should
first learn the basics (http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/)

Hint: if the interpreter can't find the commands you're using then
tell the interpreter where they are. Either by setting the path
(PATH=/usr/bin) or by giving the full path "/usr/bin/grep" instead of
"grep").

Again: this has nothing to do Windows, Cmd or Cygwin. Learn the
basics: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html


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[yitzle]

Right click 'My Computer' -> Advanced -> Environment Variables ->
System Variables -> PATH
Add the directory of [CygWin]\bin, eg c:\cygwin\bin
It needs to be seperated with a ';'

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