IT - cygwin - Call DOS command

To execute a MS-DOS command from inside a cygwin BASH script:

• use <<<
• surround the entire command with quotes
• any quotes inside the command has to be escaped (\")
• any folder divider has to be escaped (\\)
• mklink can only be used if the cygwin terminal is executed as Administrator

$ cmd <<< "mklink /D \"${cn:1:4}_${r//\\/_}\" \"F:\\TV\\all\\$(echo "${REPLY}")\""

• using & allows to execute more than one MS-DOS command

$ cmd <<< "dir & dir"