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Subject: Re: 1.7.1-1: In cmd.exe shell, how to pass multi-byte characters  to bash?
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On Mar 13 00:07, bootleq wrote:
> When typing command in Windows XP cmd.exe shell, with multi-byte
> characters, for example:
> bash -c 'echo ???'
> result in:
> bash: $'echo \357\274\241': command not found
> expected result:
> ???
> 
> This would be problematic when writing Windows scripts to invoke bash commands.

Simplest solution:  Write bash scripts instead.

Other than that, check the latest developer snapshot from
http://cygwin.com/snapshots/.  It contains a patch which might fix your
problem.  And either way, make sure the environment locale settings are
matching your Win32 environment.  See the User's Guide.


Corinna


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