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.

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. — Andrew Koster, Jul 15 '19 at 21:27

score 92 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 29 '16 at 20:52

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

answered Feb 29 '16 at 20:52

allidoiswin

do you know how to exit bash in cmder? – jbojcic Oct 31 '16 at 17:07
Have you tried `Ctrl + d`? (`exit` actually also works for me) – Svend Hansen Sep 14 '17 at 14:05
This definitely should be mentioned here: https://help.github.com/enterprise/2.11/user/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/ – CodeFinity Nov 08 '17 at 23:03
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this doesn't work on windows... – Jim Aug 09 '22 at 15:02

score 59 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '21 at 11:47

59

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

answered Jul 29 '21 at 11:47

namal

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This is the thing that worked for me! eval did not but frustrate me – BelgoCanadian May 23 '22 at 03:32

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 18 '21 at 10:52

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

edited Aug 18 '21 at 10:52

elta

answered Jul 17 '21 at 11:44

HelloGello

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. – Evan Sep 02 '22 at 00:01

Septianton Rezki Rahmatulloh · Answer 4 · 2021-11-15T06:55:59.300

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

edited Nov 15 '21 at 06:55

answered Nov 15 '21 at 06:28

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