Introduction

Bash Extended call utility for Windows Linux Subsystem (WSL). Calls a Linux command on the WSL Bash by translating Windows paths into Linux paths.

Getting Started

Usage: bashex.exe linux_command arguments

• arguments with spaces must be put between " "
• files in the working directory must be referred with .\

Outcome: calls bash.exe -c "linux_command arguments", where arguments that are paths are translated to Linux paths and put between ' '. Arguments that are not paths are left unchanged. Works also from 32-bit shell, as it calls C:\Windows\sysnative\bash.exe.

Examples

bashex.exe vi "E:\My documents\my file.txt" translates to: bash -c "vi '/mnt/e/My documents/my file.txt'"

Building

The solution was created with Visual Studio 2017. When opening in previous versions, it can be necessary to retarget the solution to the Windows SDK version installed.