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"Bash Here"

This happens to me many times: I was in Windows Explorer deep down in a folder structure, saw a file, and realized that I wanted to run a command line tool on that file.

What I have done in the past is to go to a command shell, and issue a series cd commands to get to the target directory and run the command line tool.

Not any more, thanks to chere ("Command prompt Here"), a newly arrived Cygwin utility. Running

[weiqi@gao] $ chere -i

installs a context menu "Bash Here" for folders in Windows Explorer. It opens a bash shell at the right directory.

Likewise, running

[weiqi@gao] $ chere -i -s cmd

installs a context menu "Command Prompt Here" that opens the CMD.EXE prompt.

[weiqi@gao] $ chere -u -s bash
[weiqi@gao] $ chere -u -s cmd

uninstalls the context menus.

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Posted by Weiqi Gao on October 17, 2004 8:41:14 AM CDT #


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Re: "Bash Here"

Comment from Janek Schwarz on October 17, 2004 10:48:08 AM CDT #
I know, now it's too late. But you can drag and drop a folder from explorer to a command prompt.

That saves you the cd commands.

Janek.
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Re: "Bash Here"

Comment from Weiqi Gao on October 17, 2004 12:03:16 PM CDT #

I learned that trick only last month at the JUG. It is still a good tip as it may be useful in other situations.

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Re: "Bash Here"

Comment from the_mindstorm on October 17, 2004 3:41:10 PM CDT #
Another solution would be: Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> (none) Folder and there add a new command.
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Re: "Bash Here"

Comment from Anonymous on October 17, 2004 9:08:29 PM CDT #
Create a *.reg file and puts the like of the following in it. This allows you to add anything you want. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CreateACEBuild] @="Update Builds" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\CreateACEBuild\command] @="cmd /c create_ace_build.pl " [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MakeACEroot] @="Make ACE_ROOT" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MakeACEroot\command] @="WScript c:\\bin\\setaceroot.vbs \"%L\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MakeJacORBHome] @="Make JACORB_HOME" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MakeJacORBHome\command] @="WScript c:\\bin\\setjacorbhome.vbs \"%L\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MakeJavaHome] @="Make JAVA_HOME" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MakeJavaHome\command] @="WScript c:\\bin\\setjavahome.vbs \"%L\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MPC_vc60] @="MPC Create VC6" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MPC_vc60\command] @="cmd /c \"mwc.pl -type vc6 -recurse || pause\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MPC_vc71] @="MPC Create VC71" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\MPC_vc71\command] @="cmd /c \"mwc.pl -type vc71 -recurse || pause\""
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Re: "Bash Here"

Comment from Kevin Heifner on October 17, 2004 9:10:08 PM CDT #
Sorry, didn't mean to post the last anonymously.

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