This function echoes the present directory to the clipboard, so that I don't have to enter the path manually.
I use this function in a script that sources when a bash shell is started. Also echoes the path to the terminal for verification. Handy for pasting directly into windows file dialogs. function xx() { DESCRIPTION="Copy the Windows drive/path/filename to the clipboard" cygpath -w "`pwd`"|tr -d "\012"|sed -e 's/$/\\/'|putclip;echo;getclip;echo } On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Jim Garrison <j...@jhmg.net> wrote: > On 10/1/2014 2:52 PM, Paul.Domaskis wrote: >> Running bash in a Windows environment, I often find the need to >> generate a full Windows path to a file so that I can access the file >> from a Windows app. > [snip] >>... but it does remove the trailing \n which chokes up >> Windows. > > Sounds like cygpath needs a "-n" option which eliminates the > trailing newline. > > > -- > Jim Garrison (j...@acm.org) > PGP Keys at http://www.jhmg.net RSA 0x04B73B7F DH 0x70738D88 > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple