LOL, just last night I was updating my start-ssh-agent[1] script for bash in windows to parallel the logic of the cmd file that comes with msysgit[2].  I spent hours trying to figure out a way to pass `&#x2F;IM` to taskkill without it expanding out to `&#x2F;c&#x2F;...&#x2F;IM` from bash itself... before finally finding a solution[3], when I stopped searching for a generic answer[4].<p>Painful to say the least.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tracker1&#x2F;msysgit&#x2F;blob&#x2F;patch-1&#x2F;bin&#x2F;start-ssh-agent.sh" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tracker1&#x2F;msysgit&#x2F;blob&#x2F;patch-1&#x2F;bin&#x2F;start-s...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;msysgit&#x2F;msysgit&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;cmd&#x2F;start-ssh-agent.cmd" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;msysgit&#x2F;msysgit&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;cmd&#x2F;start-ssh...</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;34647591&#x2F;passing-windows-slash-based-parameters-to-a-program-from-bash-script&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;34647591&#x2F;passing-windows-...</a><p>[4] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;30195353&#x2F;trouble-running-taskkill-from-gitbash&#x2F;34179983#34179983" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;30195353&#x2F;trouble-running-...</a>