Cross-platform command line script (e.g. .bat and .sh)

Question

I noticed that Windows 7 enables to execute .sh files as if they were .bat files. That got me wondering whether it is possible to write a .sh file such that it can be execut

Answer 1

AFAIK, you can't directly run .sh files from Windows' cmd.exe. For that you'll need a *nix emulation layer to run the shell. Check out Cygwin or Msys/MinGW

Answer 2

You could use this:

rem(){ :;};rem '
@goto b
';echo sh;exit
:b
@echo batch

It's valid shell script and batch, and will execute different blocks depending on how it's run.

Modify the echo and @echo lines to do what you want.