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On 11/23/2021 10:37 AM, Daniel Abrahamsson wrote:
> John Doe wrote:
>
>> Cygwins,
>>
>> Is there a way to get the value of PROGRAMFILES(x86) and PROGRAMW6432 in
>> Bash:
>>
>> $ echo $PROGRAMFILES; echo "$PROGRAMFILES(x86)"; echo $PROGGRAMW6432
>> C:\Program Files
>> C:\Program Files(x86)
>>
>> $ cmd.exe /C "echo %PROGRAMFILES% %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% %PROGRAMW6432%"
>> C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) C:\Program Files
>>
>>
>> PROGRAMFILES works in Bash but not the other two.
>>
>> I could not find anything relevent in the archive or when googling.
>>
>> --
>> John Doe
>
> We have a script where we use this workaround:
>
> PROGRAMFILES86=$(env | sed -ne 's/^ProgramFiles(x86)=//p' )
>

I never thought using env like this, an alternative using awk:

$ env | awk -F= '/^ProgramFiles\(x86\)/{print $2}'
C:\Program Files (x86)


printenv is even better! :)

Thanks all for your input much appreciated.

--
John Doe

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