Why can't Git Bash run my executable?

Question

I am on git-for-windows Git Bash. I can't run an executable on the command line:

Pedr@Abc-07 MINGW64 /c/dev
$ ls sqlite3.exe
sqlite3.exe*

Pedr@Abc-07 MINGW64 /c/dev
$ sqlite3
bash: sqlite3: command not found

Why is it so?

Solution 1

To run a program in the current directory in bash, you put ./ in front of it. So in your case:

$ ./sqlite3.exe

When you run sqlite3, bash will look for a program with exactly that name in all directories of the PATH environment variable, which by default includes standard locations for executables like /usr/local/bin but not your current directory. See here for more info on that.

Solution 2

It's because you're under a is a runtime environment for gcc, that give you support to binaries native under Windows, but you can run any exe as shell using ./ (local execute) Take a look to documentation of this tool: http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/wiki2/FAQ/

Comments

[Pedro OS]

Thanks. I was used to being able to do so from msysgit Git bash.

[Andy]

Can't believe I didn't figure this one out myself. Something I am pretty dumb. Thank you.

[NoName]

Also works for the bash in the Windows Subsystem for Linux