Just to elaborate -- Cygwin's bash and tcsh behave just like the 'nix-based originals. Try it, and you'll never go back to cmd.exe. (And be sure to check out Corion's econsole to feel the joy of transparent console windows in Win32land.)

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"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right in the eye and says, "Give me your best shot. I can take it."