Run Bash scripts from Windows

September 20, 2023

For certain use cases, it’s feasible to run a Bash script from within Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Another way to run Bash scripts from within Windows itself without WSL is the Bash shell installed with Git on Windows.

Start the Bash script you want to run from Linux or Windows with the shebang (first line of Bash script file):

#!/bin/bash; C:/Program\ Files/Git/git-bash.exe

This tells the shell (Linux or Windows) to first try /bin/bash which is a Unix-like path, and then try the Git Bash shell on Windows. If Python is on Windows Path, one can use Bash scripts that invoke Python scripts.