MobaXtern not asking for input when running wsl bash commands

Question

MobaXterm not displaying all the information for a WSL command and not even asking for users input.

Following is the command I tried in powershell to open MobaXterm to run a WSL command.

.\MobaXterm.exe -newtab "wsl bash -c 'command here which asks user for an input'"

But when I run wsl bash -c 'command here which asks user for an input' directly on powershell it works just fine

Please let me know how can I make MobaXterm to display all the output.

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '21 at 15:17

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Try changing the syntax:

For each method, you can append a command that you’d like to execute in the terminal. That is:

-c [command]

bash -c [command]

wsl [command] (NOTE: In this case you don’t append ‘-c’, you just type in your command)

In this case, try:

.\MobaXterm.exe -newtab "wsl 'command here which asks user for an input'"

answered Mar 08 '21 at 15:17

Cpt.Whale

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Thanks for answering, I'll try and let you know. – Inderjeet Singh Mar 09 '21 at 13:10
I tried but result is still same. MobaXterm not showing any output regarding input. – Inderjeet Singh Mar 09 '21 at 14:25
@Goldy Can you try the other ones as well? `mobaxterm -newtab -c "echo hello"` or `mobaxterm -newtab "bash echo hello"` – Cpt.Whale Mar 09 '21 at 14:32
Problem with these commands is that I want to initiate a wsl session first before I run my command. – Inderjeet Singh Mar 09 '21 at 14:36
@Goldy I don't have mobaxterm available to test with, but you could try with a semicolon `mobaxter -newtab "wsl; second-command"` or configure it to launch wsl by default – Cpt.Whale Mar 09 '21 at 14:48

MobaXtern not asking for input when running wsl bash commands

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