X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19ovrA9RK8g8Y0+UMIhiI4c Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:34:38 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin commands (cat,grep) not working in my windows 2008 machine Message-ID: <20120817143438.GC20284@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <1345167629309-47356 DOT post AT n5 DOT nabble DOT com> <1345167628992-92067 DOT post AT n5 DOT nabble DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1345167628992-92067.post@n5.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:40:29PM -0700, cyberdon wrote: >HI, > >I was getting error when tryin to run cat command as well but once i ran it >like this: > >/bin/cat pinger.data > >then it began to work and the data from file "pinger.data" was parsed out >Maybe this'll work for you. That implies that your PATH is screwed up and you likely had some other version of cat in another directory, possibly from a 3PP. cgf http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#3PP -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple