Cmder - 'eval' command is not recognized

Question

λ eval
'eval' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Just downloaded it for Windows 10.

Ocam

What would you expect eval to be on a Windows box? – Goggleeyed

They're following instructions that assume a Linux machine (and a Linux machine with the Bash shell, specifically). When someone just tells you out of nowhere "run this eval command" and they don't even specify this crucial detail, you get confused. – Desrochers

Answer 1

Use bash first to get into a bash shell. Then eval will work just fine.

Ocam

do you know how to exit bash in cmder? – Broach

Have you tried Ctrl + d? (exit actually also works for me) – Earwax

This definitely should be mentioned here: help.github.com/enterprise/2.11/user/articles/… – Lexine

this doesn't work on windows... – Baronet

How to get into a bash shell? – Meemeece

Answer 2

If you just want to add ssh-key to ssh-agent, use the below command.

start-ssh-agent.cmd

This will add default private keys such as id_rsa

Emotionalize

This is the thing that worked for me! eval did not but frustrate me – Itin

Answer 3

If You are using windows 10 and VS code, You can use git Bash in terminal - for me it worked.

Extol

Does not work for me in VS code; error: Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions. Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store: https://aka.ms/wslstore Presumably one requires WSL or WSL2 plus an installed distro per error. – Beriberi

Answer 4

Open your appilcation git bash,.. it is like cmd, but from git local, and you can run command eval

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Yahairayahata

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