C:\Users\joaqu\zzz>julia -e "using Pkg; Pkg.activate(".")" ERROR: syntax: invalid identifier name "." Stacktrace: [1] top-level scope but no problem on Linux j@Marilu:~/aaa$ julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.activate(".");' Activating new project at `~/aaa`

[image] joa-quim: julia -e "using Pkg; Pkg.activate(".")" Since you use the same quotes both around and inside the string in this case it looks like your shell interprets this as executing the code using Pkg; Pkg.activate(.). You would get the same error trying that exact code in Bash too. Pe…

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