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Manually enter a Windows path in Bash, how to convert to a POSIX path?
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To convert a Windows path to a POSIX path in Bash, you can use the cygpath
utility that comes with Cygwin or MSYS2. This utility converts Windows paths to their corresponding POSIX paths.
Here's an example of how to use cygpath
:
bash#!/bin/bash
# Windows path
win_path="C:\Users\John\Documents\file.txt"
# Convert to POSIX path
posix_path=$(cygpath -u "$win_path")
echo "Windows path: $win_path"
echo "POSIX path: $posix_path"
In the example above, cygpath -u
is used to convert the Windows path to a POSIX path. The -u
option tells cygpath
to convert the path to the Unix format.
Make sure you have either Cygwin or MSYS2 installed on your system and cygpath
is available in your Bash environment.