'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

Creating a new React app in E:\rn-starter\my-app.

Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes. Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts with cra-template...

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

Aborting installation. npm install --save --save-exact --loglevel error react react-dom react-scripts cra-template has failed.

Deleting generated file... package.json Deleting my-app/ from E:\rn-starter Done.

This error pops-up whenever I try to create a new react project or react native project. tried re-installing node and

have you checked this one : https://stackoverflow.com/q/40546231/5669120 ? — Ketan Ramteke, Nov 23 '20 at 17:09

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '20 at 08:32

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I was using windows command prompt to do this. Using the git bash resolved the problem for me. The issue I think was with sh - shell files not being recognized by default in windows. However with git bash, since it by default recognizes the shell scripts it did work perfectly.

answered Dec 23 '20 at 08:32

rathindu_w

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Good answer but it is not perfect :\ – Balive13 Feb 08 '22 at 21:45
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@Balive13 this may not be the perfect answer. this is just the solution I found to be working for me. – rathindu_w Feb 11 '22 at 02:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '22 at 08:05

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You could try using the terminal of the IDE you are using instead of the windows cli...

answered Apr 16 '22 at 08:05

Mitrajeet Singh

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'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command

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