Unexpected results: dirs | xargs -n 1 cygpath -aw
Paul
Paul.Domaskis@gmail.com
Mon Sep 30 18:35:00 GMT 2013
Paul <Paul.Domaskis <at> gmail.com> writes:
> ...if I use xargs with cygpath, it doesn't [give expected results]:
>
> $dirs | xargs -n 1 cygpath -aw
>
> C:\cygwin\home\UserName\projects\project1\~\projects\project1
> C:\cygwin\home\UserName\projects\project1\~\projects\project2
>
> Thanks if anyone can explain what I'm doing wrong.
Kenneth explained that "Tilde (~) is a shell shortcut, but you are
bypassing the shell with $dirs | xargs, so itâs not expected to work". To
avoid the tildes, I successfully used:
$dirs -l | xargs -n 1 cygpath -aw
Thanks, Kenneth!
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