bash-scriptingbatch filecygwin;scriptwindows
Can I run a Windows command, and pass arguments to it, over cygwin?
Specifically I would like to have a bash script that runs Robocopy, but the question is general.
Robocopy is more suitable for my needs than rsync, but batch scripting is capricious. PowerShell seems interesting but I'd rather not learn a new language if possible, besides bash is very convenient.
I couldn't find any mention about it.
Thanks
Use c:\cygwin\bin\run.exe to launch cygwin processes from windows cmd.exe
How can I run myfile.bat param1 param2 param3, and get these arguments/parameters be passed to my PowerShell script?
You'd obviously need to scale the batch arguments up with subsequent SET arg#=%~#
I made the example batch script show arguments setting variables up top and have those passed to a PS script that will tie in with a final result later to help clarify more at the end of this answer hopefully.
Example Batch Script
@ECHO ON
SET arg1=%~1
SET arg2=%~2
SET arg3=%~3
SET arg4=%~4
SET PSScript=C:\Users\User\Desktop\Test.ps1
SET PowerShellDir=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
CD /D "%PowerShellDir%"
Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& '%PSScript%' '%arg1%' '%arg2%' '%arg3%' '%arg4%'"
EXIT /B
You'd obviously need to scale the PowerShell arguments up with subsequent $arg#=$args[#]
Example PowerShell Script
$arg1=$args[0]
$arg2=$args[1]
$arg3=$args[2]
$arg4=$args[3]
Write-Host "$arg1 is a beauty!!"
Write-Host "$arg2 is cool!!"
Write-Host "$arg3 has body odor!!"
Write-Host "$arg4 is a beast!!"
Pass arguments to the batch script:
c:\users\user\desktop\test.cmd "Selena" "Justin" "Donald" "Bernie"Pass arguments to the PowerShell script:
Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'C:\Users\User\Desktop\Test.ps1' 'Selena' 'Justin' 'Donald' 'Bernie'
Full results echo on:
c:\users\user\desktop\test.cmd "Selena" "Justin" "Donald" "Bernie" SET arg1=Selena SET arg2=Justin SET arg3=Donald SET arg4=Bernie SET PSScript=C:\Users\User\Desktop\Test.ps1 SET PowerShellDir=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 CD /D "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0" Powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'C:\Users\User\Desktop\Test.ps1' 'Selena' 'Justin' 'Donald' 'Bernie'" Selena is a beauty!! Justin is cool!! Donald has body odor!! Bernie is a beast!!
Command Line arguments (Parameters)
%* in a batch script refers to all the arguments (e.g. %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 ...%255) only arguments %1 to %9 can be referenced by number.
Best Answer
You can run Windows commands by nesting cmd.exe from your Cygwin shell. Launch cmd.exe with /C option and the command in quotes: