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I want ask you about the bash shell on windows .. can I work on it now?? and how I can run it?

because I try to run bash on CMD and this message appears

C:\Users\Pc>bash

Pc@User /cygdrive/c/Users/Pc
$
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Reset to default
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As it looks, you are already running it.. Enter echo $?, hit enter and it should return 0

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Someone has installed Cygwin on your PC for you.

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  • Not necessarily, although of course quite possible. Cygwin provides not the only bash implementation for Windows.
    – user1934428
    Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 10:14
  • @user1934428 I'd be very surprised if the other implementations also took Cygwin's /cygdrive prefix.
    – Chris Davies
    Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 17:32
  • Point taken! I missed this part.
    – user1934428
    Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 5:47
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Go ahead and enjoy bash and the rest of the tools. I recommend to read a book on the subject.

As already mentioned, /cygdrive is prefix used by Cygwin to reference Windows drive letters. E.g. /cygdrive/c references drive C:\. Cygwin itself is usually installed in C:\cygwin or C:\cygwin64 (64-bit version).

Check the Cygwin User Guide for more information.

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