SYLee wrote: > My question is same as the subject. But your subject wasn't a question - "Why can't I..." is a question, while "Why I can't.." is the beginning of an explanation (once you have discovered why you cannot).
> The output of "bash --version" : > GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) > Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Any other info needed? If so I'll post here.. Look at http://cygwin.com/problems.html You have given almost no information. If you are a newcomer to bash and Unix, then maybe you haven't realised that backslash is an escape character and must be doubled in bash commands (as in C strings). Or maybe you have problems with your character set and keyboard mapping. We can only guess! -- Cliff -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/