How can I attach a cygwin script to a keystroke?

Question

I have a script that needs be launch through Cygwin with the following execution /usr/bin/bash -lic "/home/userdude/scripts/scrypty.sh param1 param2"

How would I go about setting up a keyboard shortcut in windows to pass the above through Cygwin?

Answer 1

Example self answer submission:

To execute this from a shortcut we first need to work out how to call it from the command line then build a shortcut based off the command line arguments and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.

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Part 1

Identifying command line arguments to use

1st Step, Identifying what we will be using to call everything so we start with:

C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe

2nd Step, We need to look up the man pages to find what arguments we can run; for this we will choose -e this will call mintty.exe to execute something in this case we want to execute /usr/bin/bash

C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /usr/bin/bash

3rd Step, from here we are working of bash command line arguments so we look up the man pages for @user447607's case he wants to start up an interactive -i login -l shell to execute -c so we now will have a full command to use:

C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /usr/bin/bash -lic "/path/to/my/script.sh myScriptParm1 myScriptParm2"

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Part 2

Building the shortcut

Option 1 - Using AutoHotKey

Open up your AutoHotkey.ahk and add this line:

^!1::Run, C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e /usr/bin/bash -lic "/path/to/my/script.sh myScriptParm1 myScriptParm2"

This will run the file when the ^!1 key combo is pressed ctrl+alt+1

Save the file and done

Option 2 - Using windows shortcuts

1st Step, Right-click your desktop > New > Shortcut

2nd Step, building the shortcut through the windows wizard Note this is the process for windows 7 your windows version might differ

We just want to paste our command from above

Give it a relevant name

3rd Step, Right-click the new shortcut > Properties > Shortcut tab

Highlight the Shortcut Key: field and press the keystrokes you would like to call it from

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Foot notes:

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