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Why can't Git Bash run my executable?

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

  • 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.