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Questions tagged [cygwin]

Linux-like environment for Windows making it possible to port software running on POSIX systems (such as Gnu/Linux, BSD, and UNIX systems) to Windows.

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Cygwin has no watch command?

I installed Cygwin on my Windows XP to use some of its commands. Now I what to check a file every 2 minutes and want to use watch for this purpose but I see that Cygwin has no such command. Is this really true? what can I do instead?
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How to exit file reading mode (in `less`) in Linux terminal?

I have just installed Cygwin, and I have displayed a file's contents using the less command. Now I am unable to exit that in order to type other commands: I want to exit this mode to type some other commands. How can I do that?
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How do I get rid of Cygwin's /cygdrive prefix in all paths?

I'm switching to Cygwin from the bash shell that ships with Git for Windows, and encountering a strange problem. Someone thought it would be a good idea to add /cygdrive/ to all paths, while I think it's a horribly ugly idea. I've been able to…
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How to alter PATH within a shell script?

I have several projects that require me to change versions of Java/Grails/Maven. I'm trying to handle this with some scripts that would make the changes. For example: #!/bin/sh export JAVA_HOME=/cygdrive/c/dev/Java/jdk1.5.0_22 export…
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Cygwin on Windows: Can't open display

I am running Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 3. I installed Cygwin and also added some useful packages (gvim, nedit, emacs, vim, g++). However, when I run gvim, I get "Can't open display". The same thing happens with nedit. When I did echo $DISPLAY, I…
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Are cygwin vim commands different than normal vim?

I am unable to edit text files using vim in cygwin. I have to press i many times to insert text. Sometimes it works and sometimes doesn't. Whenever I move cursor up down I have to press I many times. What could be the problem? Does backspace work in…
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why won't x11 display work through ssh login?

I have logged in to a remote server and am trying to display an x application(e.g. firefox). but an error message appears. the below are my attempts to open firefox Black@Black-PC ~ $ ssh -X kwagjj@$labserver -p 122 [kwagjj@James5 ~]$ firefox Error:…
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Why is vim creating files with DOS line endings?

I have set fileformat=unix in my .vimrc, and yet if I create a file in vim (running in Cygwin) it persists in creating DOS-format files, and I have to run them through dos2unix to clean them. (I guess I don't really have to, since Git cleans them…
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Best way to use a shell with Cygwin in Windows 7

I installed Cygwin, to be disappointed that bash by default runs within "cmd.exe". I googled around and found Console2. It's not a particularly well-designed application, as doing adjustments is slightly painful, although most of the time it works…
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Is cygwin like wine, but for linux applications?

Does cygwin work line wine, providing a compatibility layer inside a foreign os?
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How can I set up Cygwin to automatically update and download without the GUI?

How can I set up Cygwin to automatically update itself? How can I get Cygwin to download a package without having to go via the GUI thing?
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Stopping output from a program run in SSH session NOW

Problem I execute command that outputs LOTS of information through SSH. For example, I foolishly add debug information inside a loop that executes million times, or just run cat /dev/urandom for kicks. The terminal is flooded with information. I…
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find command in cygwin giving parameter format not correct

I am using cygwin in my windows machine. I am trying to do a find and it is giving parameter format not correct. Why is that? $…
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Command-line tool to search docx files

Is there a command-line tool to text-search a docx file? I tried grep, but it doesn't work with docx even though it works fine with txt and xml files. I could convert the docx to txt first, but I'd prefer a tool that operates directly on docx files.…
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How to get traceroute on cygwin?

The implementation of traceroute(tracert) differs on Windows and Unix. I wanted to compare both with Wireshark. I am on Windows 7 now and I wanted to get Unix traceroute implementation quickly. My first idea was to get it using MSYS or Cygwin. I…
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