passing folder path as argument from windows batch file to cygwin bash script

Question

I am trying to execute the following command in a shell script :

find "$1" -type f -name "*.DAT" -exec sed -e 's/.*/\"&\"/' {} ';' -exec xargs wc -l ';'

the command is supposed to run from a windows batch file as follows:

set arg1=%1
C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe row_count.sh %arg1%

Where row_count.sh is the shell script containing the find command above. The user is supposed to pass in a folder path to the batch file which is then supposed to pass on the folder path parameter to the find command in the shell script.

But I am getting following error:

FIND: Invalid Switch

please help.

matzeri · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-28 14:15:10Z

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FIND: Invalid Switch is a error message from windows find not from cygwin one.

So you need to use a login shell to properly set the PATH

C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -l row_count.sh %arg1%

In addition be sure to put on the first row of row_count.sh the #!/bin/bash

answered Aug 28, 2018 at 14:15

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Zeeshan Arif Over a year ago

now it is saying /usr/bin/bash: row_count.sh: No such file or directory

Zeeshan Arif Over a year ago

row_count.sh and word_count.bat both are in C:\

Iguananaut Over a year ago

Put those files in your Cygwin home directory.

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