# Fail to run shell command

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-run-shell-command/55543>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-run-shell-command/55543 "2021-02-18T14:42:16Z")\
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> [@Philippe\_Maincon1](#):
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> The command I type is straight from Julia’s manual, so I am baffled. Any idea?

`echo` is not a program that is available in the Windows command path by default. (It’s a Unix thing.)

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