How to run sh on Windows Command Prompt

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How can I run  sh on Windows 7 Command Prompt  I always get this error when I try to run this line in it   app build build sh   error    app  is not recognized      or   bash app build build sh   error    bash  is not recognized      Any ideas what have I missed    Here the screen grab

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The error message indicates that you have not installed bash, or it is not in your PATH.

The top Google hit is http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/ but you also need to understand that most Bash scripts expect a Unix-like environment; so just installing Bash is probably unlikely to allow you to run a script you found on the net, unless it was specifically designed for this particular usage scenario. The usual solution to that is https://www.cygwin.com/ but there are many possible alternatives, depending on what exactly it is that you want to accomplish.

If Windows is not central to your usage scenario, installing a free OS (perhaps virtualized) might be the simplest way forward.

The second error message is due to the fact that Windows nominally accepts forward slash as a directory separator, but in this context, it is being interpreted as a switch separator. In other words, Windows parses your command line as app /build /build.sh (or, to paraphrase with Unix option conventions, app --build --build.sh). You could try app\build\build.sh but it is unlikely to work, because of the circumstances outlined above.

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I use Windows 10 Bash shell aka Linux Subsystem aka Ubuntu in Windows 10 as guided here

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Install the GitBash tool in the Windows OS  Set the below Path in the environment variables of System for the Git installation    lt Program Files in C   gt  Git bin    lt Program Files in C   gt  Git usr bin  Type  sh  in cmd window to redirect into Bourne shell and run your commands in terminal

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On Windows 10 Anniversary Update  it s even easier to run shell commands in with bash on ubuntu on windows  I was trying to set my region for my x-wrt r7000 netgear router  I found the following worked for me  using bash on ubuntu on windows  you do have to enable subsystem found in windows features  and dev mode on  ssh admin 192 168 1 1  lt   mnt c ccode-eu sh

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The most common way to run a  sh file is using the sh command   C   gt sh my-script-test sh    other good option is installing CygWin  in Windows the home is located in    C  cygwin64 home  user    for example i execute my my-script-test sh file using the bash command as   jorgesys INT024P    bash  home  user  my-script-test sh

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Install GIT  During installation of GIT  add GIT Bash to windows context menu by selecting its option  After installation right click in your folder select GIT Bash Here  see attached pic  and use your sh command like for example   sh test sh

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Personally I used this batch file  but it does require CygWin installed  64-bit as shown    Just associate the file type  SH with this batchfile  ExecSH BAT in my case  and you can double-click on the  SH and it runs    echo off setlocal  if not exist    dpn1 sh  echo Script    dpn1 sh  not found  amp  goto  eof  set  CYGBIN C  cygwin64 bin if not exist    CYGBIN   echo Couldn t find Cygwin at    CYGBIN    amp  goto  eof     Resolve     sh to  cygdrive based  nix path and store in   CYGSCRIPT  for  f  delims     A in     CYGBIN  cygpath exe    dpn1 sh    do set  CYGSCRIPT   A for  f  delims     A in     CYGBIN  cygpath exe   CD     do set  CYGPATH   A     Throw away temporary env vars and invoke script  passing any args that were passed to us endlocal  amp    CYGBIN  mintty exe -e  bin bash -l -c  cd   CYGPATH      CYGSCRIPT        Based on this original work

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you can use also cmder     Cmder is a software package created out of pure frustration over the absence of nice console emulators on Windows  It is based on amazing software  and spiced up with the Monokai color scheme and a custom prompt layout  looking sexy from the start     cmder net

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New feature in Windows - run bash on ubuntu on windows - available in Windows 10  Insiders  builds after the Build conference   https   blogs windows com buildingapps 2016 03 30 run-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows

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