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JordanGS
JordanGS

Reputation: 4486

Git-Bash shortcut to run command

My current shortcut has the following target: C:\Development\Git\git-bash.exe

How do i get it to execute something more complex such as:

C:\Development\Git\git-bash.exe **ls**

or

C:\Development\Git\git-bash.exe **java -jar myfile.war**

Upvotes: 7

Views: 10257

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1325047

You can modify the shortcut with:

 bash.exe --init-file <(echo "ls; pwd")

If you want git-bash, and in order to avoid git-bash to just open and close a Windows immediately after executing those commands, you would execute (or modify the shortcut):

C:\Development\Git\git-bash.exe -c "ls; $SHELL"

That way, the shell remains in place after executing the first commands you want.

As noted in Baker's comment

In Windows 10/11 the shortcut target is particular about quotes.
This format seems to work:

"C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe" -c "emulator -avd Pixel3a -writable-system; $SHELL"

Upvotes: 9

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