Questions tagged [cygwin]
cygwin provides a Unix/Linux-like environment under Microsoft Windows OSes.
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Allegedly good method to change the default shell in Cygwin doesn't work for me. Why?
I'm trying to get Cygwin (CYGWIN_NT-6.1 / 2.11.1(0.329/5/3)) to start with tcsh as default shell on Windows 7. I read this question and answers there but had some issues with the mintty method ...
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Bash: I want to type a tilde. Pressing F10 gives me '1~' instead of just '~'
Previously I was able to output the tilde symbol in my bash terminal by pressing F10. Now when I press F10 I get two characters: '1~'. Same goes for F9/F11/F12. Weirdly, the other function keys F1-F8 ...
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Consequences of removing NUL characters from a text file?
I have quite a large text file (around 20GB) that I use as a simple database, so each record is separated by a new line, and the breaking of this format will cause problems. This file also contains ...
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Why can't I cd to a mapped drive using sftp?
I'm trying to upload a file to a mapped drive (D:) on a remote server using sftp. I can RDP into that remote Windows 2012 server and see the D: drive in Explorer. In a command shell I can also see ...
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dd not performing as expected in Cygwin
Trying to backup an entire drive to an image file.
$ dd if=/dev/sdc of=/cygdrive/i/Storage$/backups/2018-09-18.img conv=noerror,sync status=progress bs=1M
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes ...
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Rehash of a solution for cygwin/gfortran that does not work
I have Cygwin installed on my WIndows box. I am trying to install a program that requires gfortran to build. I found a few solutions mentioned previously such as apt-cyg gcc4-gfortran to install the ...
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Get filename without extension in Bash
I have the following for loop to individually sort all text files inside of a folder (i.e. producing a sorted output file for each).
for file in *.txt;
do
printf 'Processing %s\n' "$file"
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Sort all files in a folder independently, with an output file for each
I have several folders that contain numerous text files, ranging from tens to 100s. These text files are simple databases containing millions of lines, with each line containing a single record. ...
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In Cygwin, why does echo $PATH work, but $PATH fail?
As seen here, doing echo $PATH gives me my full PATH, but doing simply $PATH gives an incomplete version that looks like it hasn't been escaped properly somewhere:
Yet when I look into my ...
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How to print list of packages for which a given package is required in Cygwin?
I am searching for the command-line equivalent of apt-cache rdepends <package> in Debian, i.e. locate all packages for which the given <package> is required.
cygcheck.exe doesn't seem to ...
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QEMU User mode emulation
I am a student and trying to compile QEMU on MINGW32 in user emulation mode.
I read in certain document that, the following OS are supported in user space emulation:
1. Linux (referred as qemu-...
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Copy file from Windows to Linux, when a shell script is executed
I have a program on Linux server, which runs a shell script on Linux server. Say /tmp/ShellScript.sh
Now I want to copy a file placed on my Windows Machine location C:\WindowsFolder\FileToCopy to ...
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Putty closes by immediately after authentication, Cygwin-SSH on the server
I have installed OpenSSH with CYGWIN on Windows Server 2012 R2 server on Amazon EC - I wanted to create my SSH instead of creating instances in the admin dashboard.
My SFTP connection with the ...
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SSH & Windows 10: Connection Works With Powershell and Git Bash But Not With Other Tools
I have generated a pair of keys and have added the public key to my server.
When I want to connect to my server I use the command:
ssh [username]@[server].
This works fine when I'm using ...
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Cygwin SSH server works with SFTP but not with PuTTY
I followed this video reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL-9k4riBps (tutorial and explanation on how to restrict a user to their home directory with sshd_config, chroot directory and windows ...
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virtual box shared directories not showing up in cygwin when ssh'ing into it
I've set up too shared directories (Permanent, Automount) between my Linux Mint host and my Win7/Cygwin guest.
On the guest, if I open a cygwin terminal and run mount, they show up as:
E: on /...
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Ssh'ing in and out of a virtualbox guest
I've set up port forwarding and allowed a firewall exception so I can ssh from my Linux Mint host into a Windows7/Cygwin guest.
#from linux host
hostuser@host$ ssh -p 2222 guestuser@localhost
What ...
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Bash/Cygwin - aliases not behaving like command
I'm trying to get Cygwin setup the tools I use in Windows and am having some troubles. From this post, I found I could specify Notepad++ as my editor using
alias notepad="/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \...
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How to disable the bash “bell” on ConsoleZ?
I am using ConsoleZ to work on multiple Cygwin bash terminals. I use the Teb extensively for path completion. But by default, the "bell" sound is heard whenever the completion is not unique. This ...
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cygwin package binaries are missing after installation
I've been using the cygwin and its package manager for months now without a problem.
Today I tried to install "curl"+ "jq" (Bin) and even though it did not throw an error and is showing as "...
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Cygwin X applications do not launch
I have a problem with Cygwin X, in that applications don't seem to run.
If I try to run gedit, or emacs, the applications seem to just return 0 immediately:
me@mycomputer ~
$ gedit &
[1] 10244
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rsync on Cygwin: rsync: [sender] write error: Connection reset by peer (104)
I'm trying to rsync some files to my phone from Windows, using Cygwin. I'm trying to make it work via ssh on USB tethering as described in the comments here. I have SSHelper on my phone. My command is
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cannot find the file created under cygwin using the search from microsoft windows 7
I am a Windows 7 user and have a large text file (>3 GB) to process and extract information.
I chose to run cygwin under Windows 7 to split the file as I do not know how to do it using DOS command ...
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Cygwin: help installing automake
I've been trying to install automake on cygwin and it doesn't work, I've re-run the setup selecting the packages and reinstalling them but it doesn't work.I've also tried installing it via: apt-cyg ...
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Cygwin ssh server no longer works after new router
I had my modem-router combo swapped to a separate modem and router only to find that my Cygwin SSH server can no longer be connected to. From what I can tell looking at the config, there is no IP set. ...
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Linux-like ^A (ctrl-a) in Cygwin
I've installed the latest Cygwin on Win10. Out of habit on *nix, I find myself hitting ^A to go to the beginning of the current line, but the default (hopefully modifiable) behaviour is that it ...
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Cygwin - Run batch file in foreground
This seems like not possible. I've been trying to launch a batch file which has to run in foreground of the user session.
so I ssh to Cygwin of remote host and run the batch file and it always ends ...
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Can you make Windows command prompt cmd+cygwin?
I want to make my windows command prompt cmd+cygwin.
I should be able to run both windows cmd commands and cygwin commands from my windows cmd prompt.
If I add C:\cygwin64\bin to my PATH variable i ...
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How do I use autoconf with Cygwin
Environment
Windows 7
Cygwin 2.0.2(0.287/5/3)
I have installed autoconf and I have tried...
$ autoconf-2.69
autom4te-2.69: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/bin/m4
and
$ autoconf-2.13
Autoconf ...
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Creating X windows on one specific monitor
I currently have a 3-monitor setup running Cygwin/X. My typical usage case is SSH'ing into a server, and running a program with a GUI through a local instance of X.
Unfortunately, when I start a ...
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cmder ssh connect in new console not run default bash
I am trying to ssh connect using cygwin bash in cmder. I set cygwin bash as default bash under Settings>Startup>Specified named task - I put here Cygwin bash.
When I open cmder - cygwin bash is ...
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Find files based on siblings
Consider this directory:
thingsToThinkAbout/
thing1.txt
thing2.txt
thing2.txt.thoughts.txt
thing3.txt
thing7.txt.thoughts.txt
With bash find I can look for the things (find . -...
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rsync on Windows
I'm new to rsync and need some help with syntax or common understanding.
I have 3 servers:
Source (SRC)
Destination (DST)
Server where rsync and ssh are installed.
I use rsync from Cygwin
Note:...
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Preserve 'read' permission using 'tar' and 'copy' commands
I have 2 servers in different domains. I use 3rd server to run batch script. All servers have cygwin installed hence I use Linux shell commands as well. All server could talk to each other. The goal: ...
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How can I change the startup directory of my myzsh terminal In cygwin?
I installed cygwin and my zsh on windows 10. When i open the terminal the initial directory is c:/cygwin64/. So how can i change it to c:/users/username/ ? Which is the one used by the windows ...
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PuTTY Cygwin nano screen error
I have recently installed Cygwin on my Windows 7 x64 computer so I can use nano to edit files from the command line. I have also setup OpenSSH to be able to connect to it remotely using PuTTY from my ...
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Rsync No such File or Directory
I am getting an error from rsync.exe saying a directory not found eventhough it does exist. I am calling this via C#
Here is my rsync call and the error
rsync.exe -rtvv --modify-window=2 --exclude=...
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Even after setting HOME openssh looks at wrong place for keys
myhome@NOOSLLPT107144 ~
$ echo $HOME
/cygdrive/c/Users/myhome
$ ssh -vvv git@gitlab.com
OpenSSH_7.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2j 26 Sep 2016
debug2: resolving "gitlab.com" port 22
debug2: ssh_connect_direct: ...
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Installing php extension with Cygwin, tests are failing
I've originally asked this on StackOverflow, but got no answers. I've deleted it now. I guess it would fit here more.
I'm on a Windows machine, but I am trying to install this PHP extension, and I ...
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How to get killall on Cygwin
On Cygwin, I can access kill from bash, but when I try to execute killall, I get an error message saying “not available”.
How do I get killall on Cygwin?
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Cygwin: Command works on the console, not in a .bat
This command works in the Cygwin console:
me@WDX5CG625Q ~
$ cd "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/apache Software Foundation/Tomcat 8.5"
mw@WDX5CG62Q /cygdrive/c/Program Files/apache Software Foundation/...
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Send windows key over xfreerdp running in cygwin X
I am using a cygwin installation with xorg-server, xinit and freerdp installed (nothing special configured).
When I start startx from the cygwin shell, an X environment opens (huge black window with ...
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Failed to compile with make command
I'm working on cygwin. Most Unix commands work just fine. Also I can compile with g++ and gcc, but I get the error below when I execute make:
/cygdrive/b/tpm/src
$ make -f makefile.mak
"c:/program ...
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Cygwin SFTP put file to encrypted folder, permission denied
There is an access issue for the Cygwin SFTP issue. Could anyone please help? Thanks in advance.
I have installed Cygwin in Windows Server 2012 R2, also have OpenSSH installed in Cygwin, and I ...
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A conflict between Cygwin bash and Ubuntu bash
I am working on Windows 10. I usually use bash from Cygwin but I decided to give a try to the Ubuntu bash available as the windows subsystem for Linux in Windows 10.
The problem I have is that now ...
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Package not found for awk.exe and csh.exe in Cygwin 2.10.0
I'm upgrading from cygwin 1.7.35 to cygwin 2.10.0. But I could not find any package that contains awk & csh binaries (.exe). When I type info csh or info awk in cygwin(2.10.0) terminal it shows ...
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Files in the same directory seen differently by different tools [duplicate]
I have installed chocolate(packet manager) programs at:
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin
And also installed fzf(search tool) as GVIM plugin.Accidently installed at the same dir:
C:\ProgramData\...
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Large http%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f file left after installing cygwin
I just installed Cygwin with no problems (I hope!) Now there is a directory
http%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f
sitting in my download folder taking about 18.5 Gigabyte of my disk space. Can ...
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Cygwin: import numpy error
I am trying to import numpy in Cygwin. I get the following error message.
I have numpy 1.11.2-1, a.k.a. the python2-numpy: Python scientific computing module package, installed through the Cygwin ...
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Read serial output, remove nul and save to file
In Cygwin, I am trying to read serial port input, filter it to remove nul characters, and save the output to a file. Something like the following, which results in an empty logfile:
cat /dev/ttyS1 | ...
