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From: zzapper <david AT tvis DOT co DOT uk>
Subject:  Re: launch windows program from shell according to its   extension
Date:  Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:46:34 +0100
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:23:53 -0400,  wrote:

>At 03:45 AM 6/8/2005, you wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have largely replaced usage of windows explorer with a cygwin shell. One thing
>>is cumbersome however: when I encounter, say, a .doc file in a directory, it
>>would be nice that I could "launch" this file with the program associated under
>>windows.
>>
>>Is this possible, for example via a utility program kind of "launch file.doc"?
>
>
>Sure.  Use 'cygstart'.

script to launch most recent file

#!/bin/bash
# csn
# description : launch most recent file (head)
# set -x
cygstart $(l\s -t * | head -1) &

Jump back into explorer in CURRENT directory

wexp () {
        XPATH="$(cygpath -w "${PWD}")"
        explorer $XPATH
}

man cygstart
man cygpath

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