Running bash commands from a Windows 10 command prompt
Bash Ubuntu style is now included with Windows 10.
It is always in your path %PATH%, you can confirm this by typing:
where bash C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe
So you do not have to prefix the directory to the command. The bash command environment can be started by simply typing:
bash thedude@OctoBeast:/mnt/f/python-tests$
Notice the bash prompt is showing user@host:/mount/drive-letter/sub-directory in a format different than Windows does. This format is how the bash environment “sees” your Windows environment.
You can also issue bash commands directly from the Windows 10 command prompt via:
F:\python-tests>bash -c pwd /mnt/f/python-tests F:\python-tests>bash -c "ls -al" total 298 drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 512 May 11 08:13 . drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 512 May 11 07:29 .. -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 692 May 11 08:13 bastion-close.py -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 307 May 11 08:13 cleanup-stuff.py
Note that bash commands with switches and or parameters (in other words with a space in them) should be enclosed in double quotes.
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