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Re: Run command in new window
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yes, that is good if you want to use a script - but a command does not work:
>
> cygstart bash -c 'echo hello; sleep 5'
>
Ah, OK. Here you go:
davec@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.
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