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Cygwin "open with Window Explorer"
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cygwin-open.sh
open () { if [ -z "$1" ]; then P="."; else P="$1"; fi; P=`cygpath -aw "$P"`; explorer "$P"; }
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cygwin-sublime.sh
sublime () { if [ -z "$1" ]; then /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text\ 3/subl.exe; else P=`cygpath -aw "$1"`; /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text\ 3/subl.exe "$P"; fi; }
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If I ever happen to work on a Windows machine again, I will want this line added to my Cygwin's ~/.bashrc in order to launch the file manager with the specified path, or the system default application with the specified file.

This function fixes the weird behaviour of the explorer (most likely /cygwin/c/Windows/explorer.exe) command with POSIX paths as ~ ($HOME), . (current directory), ../ (parent directory).

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