Hi ,
Using bash shell (mintty) in cygwin/windows env. for some time and having issues with most basic commands.
Will be quite easy to get er done once I know how , just like magic tricks. I need either alias OR shell script to change windows to posix path AND put that line back -input OR .cd to that directory. The windows path is the user variable I input and eventually when I can navigate (A.U.T.O.matically) the idea will be to intergrate .find command .cp -.mv .rsync etc but I can not manipulate the right variable in order to complete? Any good pointers? flow chart looks like [start] - go here; then here; then here; -let me know where you are; then go here and [stop] . Tks in advance, newb.
Doug.
need either alias OR shell script to change windows to posix path AND put that line back -input OR .cd to that directory.
Code:
cd /path/to/chage ; pwd ; cd $OLDPWD
# OR
pushd /path/to/change; pwd ; popd
Quote:
Originally Posted by sircuts
The windows path is the user variable I input and eventually when I can navigate (A.U.T.O.matically) the idea will be to intergrate .find command .cp -.mv .rsync etc but I can not manipulate the right variable in order to complete?
How/where do you navigate, among what, and there is no need to navigate if its done automaticly.
What shall find, cp mv and rsync do?
That is like saying:
I want a new music track, it shall contain the word girl and sexy.
It'll be the next nr #1 hit!
To go along with your flowchart:
Quote:
Originally Posted by sircuts
... [start] - go here; then here; then here; -let me know where you are; then go here and [stop]
Do that, then put that command infront of the other and voilą.
(This answer represents the info we got from your descrption)
Saying:
Describe what (and how) you want to do/achieve - in 'short - detail'
What have you tried so far / Where are you stuck?
Code
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Last but not least, search the forum, there must be like a million threads on this topic.
First , not being funny about anything, I know too little. I tried the code you did -
cd /path/to/chage ; pwd ; cd $OLDPWD # OR pushd /path/to/change; pwd ; popd
and can not explain what happened for instance, which popd and pushd
not in my cygwin (can add it though). Other are three seperate commands with end ";"
it ran but just seemed to echo the path which I entered?
I did :
doug@indiv-insp1520 ~
$ cd "E:\documents and settings\nero_music1\springsteen2-2" ; pwd ; cd $oldpwd
/cygdrive/e/documents and settings/nero_music1/springsteen2-2
and still in home~ dir.
similar to output from cygpath -u , the output is on screen. Now I need to pipe it back to shell somehow? Make any sense so far? And when it does add cd command and input . If I cd with wrong style path posix - bash does not like and tells me. Got to go for now , see ya.
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. Tks in advance, newb. 