shell expansion produces e.g. "ls: cannot access '*.pdf': No such file or directory" in Windows CMD shell, but works okay in bash

[Paul Moore]

On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 at 19:11, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:

> any reason for NOT using a cygwin shell ?

Many reasons. But that's not relevant to this thread, is it? (Note:
I'm not the OP, just an interested contributor to the thread).

I'm happy to elaborate if you want, but I suggest we do it under a
different subject line.
Paul