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Subject:	Re: Run command in new window
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On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:53:19, Dave Caswell wrote:
> Ah, OK.  Here you go:
> 
> davec AT SodiumWin ~
> $ cygstart /usr/bin/bash '-c "echo hello; sleep 5"'
> 
> I wish I could explain just why this quotation pattern works here.  A
> long time ago I found that dicking around with the quotes could often
> get things working faster than trying to understand it in detail.

that did it - thanks - this also works:

    cygstart bash '-c "echo hello; read z"'

seems like a problem with cygstart parser? here is the syntax:

    cygstart [OPTION]... FILE [ARGUMENTS]

so should support multiple arguments - this command works as expected

    cygstart touch 1 2 3

maybe the hyphen in "-c" is causing the problem?


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