Cygwin convert windows path to linux path

Using Cygwin Utilities: cygpath to convert windows path ↔ to linux path

steps

1. launch cygwin
2. input the following commands after $ symbol

convert windows path to linux path

$ cygpath -u 'c:\Users\User\Desktop\'
/cygdrive/c/Users/User/Desktop/

enclose the whole path with single quote symbol if the path contains white space characters
$ cygpath -u 'c:\Program Files\'
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/

switch to the specified path

//method1
$ cd "$(cygpath -u 'c:\Program Files\')"
$ pwd
/cygdrive/c/Program Files

//method2
$ cygpath -u 'c:\Program Files\'
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/

copy the above path & paste to the console
$ cd /cygdrive/c/Program Files/

$ pwd
/cygdrive/c/Program Files

troubleshooting

enclose the whole path with single quote symbols ex: cygpath -u 'c:\Program Files\' if the path contains spaces
$ cygpath -u c:\Program Files\
met error, press ctrl+c to escape

enclose with double quote symbols after cd command ex: cd "$(cygpath -u 'c:\Program Files\')" if the path contains spaces
$ cd $(cygpath -u 'c:\Program Files\')
-bash: cd: /cygdrive/c/Program: No such file or directory

$ cd '$(cygpath -u 'c:\Program Files\')'
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

convert linux path to windows path

$ cygpath -w '/cygdrive/c/Program Files/'
c:\Program Files\

reference

• Cygwin Utilities: cygpath
• Cygwin convert windows path to unix then change dir - Super User
• windows - How to go to remote directory in Cygwin? - Super User