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On 30/07/07, zip184 <btillinghast AT profittools DOT net> 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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