Workarounds for the pipe character problem

David Starks-Browning starksb@ebi.ac.uk
Fri Oct 19 01:57:00 GMT 2001


On Friday 19 Oct 01, Chuck writes:
> Here are a couple of ways to work around the problem of not being able to
> type a pipe character when running bash in a DOS box under windows 95/98/Me
> with a non-US keyboard.

Why isn't using rxvt instead a sufficient workaround?  Is there is any
reason to use a "DOS box under windows" given that rxvt is available
as an alternative?

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I honestly want to know.

Thanks,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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