SSH not working on fresh Cygwin install (gibberish number directories... command not found)

[Christopher Faylor]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 08:14:30AM -0800, CygGert wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>This is the 4th (5th?) computer I've installed Cygwin on, but this is the
>first time I am getting strange behavior with SSH.   Windows 7 64-bit, but
>my previous computer that it worked on was also Windows 7 (albeit 32 bit)
>
>When I type 
>
>ssh
>
>I get the regular help message, on how to use the command.  However, I when
>I actually use it using the standard command exactly as I used it on
>multiple other machines
>
>ssh IPADDRESS -l username -Y
>
>I get:
>
>-bash: $'\302\216\302\216\302\216\302\216ssh': command not found
>
>Looks like gibberish to me, and I have no idea what I am doing wrong.  I've
>tried to disable my AntiVirus (Avast) to see if it helps, but no luck.
>
>Any suggestions on what I could be doing wrong?

Looks like you have an alias for ssh set up.  Or your PATH environment
variable is funny.

/usr/bin/ssh will probably work.

Typing "alias" will show you aliases.
Typing "env" will show you the environment.

Barring that:  http://cygwin.com/problems.html .

cgf

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