execute a file in backslash notation from shell

It never occurred to me that shells are unable to execute their first word in the Windows native backslash format, $ 'c:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe' test bash: c:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe: command not found $ ls -la 'c:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe' -rwxr-xr-x 1 ilatypov Domain Users 48128 2008-12-17

Re: execute a file in backslash notation from shell

On 02/12/2010 12:33 PM, Ilguiz Latypov wrote: It never occurred to me that shells are unable to execute their first word in the Windows native backslash format, $ 'c:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe' test bash: c:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe: command not found $ ls -la 'c:\cygwin\bin\echo.exe'