Open windows executable, file, or folder from cygwin terminal

• Open a list of files in VIM using separate terminal windows

  Not that useful really, more novel. Can open up an awful lot of terminal windows.

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  find . -name "*.java" -exec gnome-terminal \-x vim {} \;
  root · 2009-02-10 09:38:04 2
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• MEMORY DUMP ACROSS NETWORK 4 CYGWIN

  wmr - | pv -s $SIZEOFMEM | ssh -p 40004 -c arcfour,blowfish-cbc -C root@savelocation.com "cat - > /forensics/T430-8gb-RAM1.dd" Run above command from Windows Cygwin: On Windows: Install Cygwin, and copy WMR (windows memory reader 1.0) memory diagnostic into cygwin\bin folder, also install cygwins netcat and ssh (openssh). I recommend installing apt-cyg and running " On Linux: Have an SSH Server SIMPLEST FORM: WINDOWS: # wmr - | ssh root@savelocation.com "cat - > /tmp/FileToSave.dd" For more details on how to extract information from memory dump: apt-get install foremost foremost -t all -T -i /forensics/T430-8gb-RAM1.dd For more information: http://www.kossboss.com/memdump-foremost Show Sample Output

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  wmr - | pv -s $SIZEOFMEM  | ssh -p 40004 -c arcfour,blowfish-cbc -C root@savelocation.com "cat - > /forensics/T430-8gb-RAM1.dd"
  Run above command from Windows Cygwin:
  
  On Windows: Install Cygwin, and copy WMR (windows memory reader 1.0) memory diagnostic into cygwin\bin folder, also install cygwins netcat and ssh (openssh). I recommend installing apt-cyg and running "
  
  On Linux: Have an SSH Server
  
  SIMPLEST FORM:
  WINDOWS: # wmr - | ssh root@savelocation.com "cat - > /tmp/FileToSave.dd"
  
  For more details on how to extract information from memory dump:
  apt-get install foremost
  foremost -t all -T -i /forensics/T430-8gb-RAM1.dd
  
  For more information:
  http://www.kossboss.com/memdump-foremost

  
  

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  wmr - | pv -s $SIZEOFMEM | ssh -p 40004 -c arcfour,blowfish-cbc -C root@savelocation.com "cat - > /forensics/T430-8gb-RAM1.dd"
  bhbmaster · 2013-05-31 00:04:19 0
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• Returns the Windows file details for any file using Cygwin bash (actual r-click-properties-info) to the term

  Pass the files path to finfo(), can be unix path, dos path, relative or absolute. The file is converted into an absolute nix path, then checked to see if it is in-fact a regular/existing file. Then converted into an absolute windows path and sent to "wmic". Then magic, you have windows file details right in the terminal. Uses: cygwin, cygpath, sed, and awk. Needs Windows WMI "wmic.exe" to be operational. The output is corrected for easy... finfo notepad.exe finfo "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe" finfo /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/notepad.exe finfo "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/notepad.exe" finfo ../notepad.exe Show Sample Output

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  ###Full Example Output
  AccessMask=18809279
  Archive=TRUE
  Caption=c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
  Compressed=FALSE
  CompressionMethod=
  CreationClassName=CIM_LogicalFile
  CreationDate=20090713165636.838522-420
  CSCreationClassName=Win32_ComputerSystem
  CSName=MYCOMPUTERNAME
  Description=c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
  Drive=c:
  EightDotThreeFileName=c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
  Encrypted=FALSE
  EncryptionMethod=
  Extension=exe
  FileName=notepad
  FileSize=193536
  FileType=Application
  FSCreationClassName=Win32_FileSystem
  FSName=NTFS
  Hidden=FALSE
  InstallDate=20090713165636.838522-420
  InUseCount=
  LastAccessed=20090713165636.838522-420
  LastModified=20090713183925.490000-420
  Manufacturer=Microsoft Corporation
  Name=c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
  Path=\windows\system32\
  Readable=TRUE
  Status=OK
  System=FALSE
  Version=6.1.7600.16385
  Writeable=TRUE

  
  

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  finfo() { [[ -f "$(cygpath "$@")" ]] || { echo "bad-file";return 1;}; echo "$(wmic datafile where name=\""$(echo "$(cygpath -wa "$@")"|sed 's/\\/\\\\/g')"\" get /value)"|sed 's/\r//g;s/^M$//;/^$/d'|awk -F"=" '{print $1"=""\033[1m"$2"\033[0m"}';}
  lowjax · 2013-12-30 07:47:41 0
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• Clear all Windows Event Log entries (cygwin)

  Efficiently clear all Windows Event log entries from within a Cygwin terminal. Uses "cygstart" to launch a hidden "PowerShell" session passing a Powershell command to loop through and clear all Windows Event Log entries. Very useful for troubleshooting and debugging. The command should in theory elevate you session if needed. One liner is based on the PowerShell command: wevtutil el | foreach { wevtutil cl $_ }

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  cygstart --hide -wa runas powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command '"&{wevtutil el | foreach{wevtutil cl $_}}"'
  lowjax · 2015-02-15 22:56:20 0
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explorer.exe often chooses the wrong app when opening files, whereas cygstart is usually more accurate. I also have never noticed cygstart to be especially slow. Since I'm used to working on a Mac, I use a function to map open to cygstart: open () { echo 'Using Windoze cygstart.exe instead.'; cygstart "$*" ; }

Ben · 465 weeks and 4 days ago

If it opens the wrong app, then it is because you have the wrong app in your windows registry. You should update your registry with the correct app. You can quickly update it using the "Open with..." option from windows explorer. I can safely confirm that cygstart is slow on Windows Vista. It takes much longer than using explorer.exe! Its the same speed as double clicking a file from windows explorer.

Highwayman · 465 weeks and 3 days ago

Cygstart uses the same mechanism as Explorer... and shouldn't be any slower.

romulusnr · 454 weeks and 3 days ago

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