How to run Windows command prompt utilities options in Git Bash (how to specify /slash options)?

Question

An example that doesn't work in Git Bash but only in Windows prompt:

// Git Bash
$ ipconfig /all
Error: unrecognized or incomplete command line.

// Windows
User> ipconfig /all
C:\Users\sergey>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HOST-12345
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : NodeType
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   ... so on

How to provide slash option in Git Bash /all, /renew, etc

Solution 1

Change the slash to a dash. At least it did work for me on 1.9.4 on Windows 7.

$ ipconfig -all

Alternatively escape the / by using \/.

$ ipconfig \/all

Solution 2

It should be ipconfig //all (two forward slashes).
It also works in git bash; this is what is called POSIX path conversion and is documented here.

Comments

[barlop]

i'm curious, do you find git bash has any advantage over just adding git to the path?

[Green]

@barlop, It has many UNIX utilities enabled, like ls, ll, touch, cat, curl, ssh, so on. Copy on select. Place command line cursor by click. It has colors.

[Green]

Escape didn't work for me, but a dash did the trick. Thanks!

[Kenneth Chan]

it help. but if the code is in a bat file. it won't work.