# Run bash scripts in Sync Post-Job on Windows

**URL:** <https://community.cdata.com/t/run-bash-scripts-in-sync-post-job-on-windows/714>\
**Category:** Editions\
**Tags:** article, cdata-sync, post-job-events, bash\
**Created:** [May 13, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/run-bash-scripts-in-sync-post-job-on-windows/714 "2024-05-13T19:15:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/run-bash-scripts-in-sync-post-job-on-windows/714/1 "2024-05-13T19:15:57Z")

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It is possible to run .sh files via sysExecute in Sync Post-Jobs on a Windows installation of Sync, but you have to install a third party program such as bash or cygwin on your machine, which will allow the Windows OS to be able to run .sh files. For example, I have bash installed on my machine and below is how I can successfully call a .sh script using bash and sysExecute in Sync:

**\<api:set attr=“sys.name” value=“C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe” /\>**

**\<api:set attr=“sys.arguments” value=“C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\test.sh” /\>**

**\<api:call op=“sysExecute” in=“sys” out=“result”\>**

**\<api:set attr=“\_log.info” value=“[result.sys:output]” /\>**

**\</api:call\>**

Below is my simple .sh script that waits 5 seconds and then just echos “hello world”:

**sleep 5&nbsp; # Waits 5 seconds.**

**echo “hello world”**

Which is then logged in the app log, after running the task:

![9ca9c47d-ce2e-4d86-8caf-048c2aab96d4.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cdata/original/1X/25b5b413b16ee7a6b3840f699e7193d8918dbc3f.png)

More details on sysExecute you can find in the following documentation:

[https://cdn.cdata.com/help/AZJ/mft/op\_SysExecute.html](https://cdn.cdata.com/help/AZJ/mft/op_SysExecute.html)