[Bug] Bash commands with ! prefix execute in wrong working directory on Windows CMD

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 30, 2026 by a-canary Closed Feb 3, 2026

Bug Description
in windows cmd terminal, the ! bash commands are not executing in the cwd that claude was started from.

Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: windows-terminal
  • Version: 2.1.23
  • Feedback ID: 737098eb-19f4-45a0-b97e-72bec061036e

Errors

[{"error":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\\ProgramData\\ClaudeCode\\.claude\\skills'\n    at readdirSync (unknown)\n    at <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:12:2063)\n    at nX (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:11:35715)\n    at readdirSync (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:12:2024)\n    at K6$ (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:1802:380)\n    at K6$ (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:1802:1350)\n    at <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:1802:4670)\n    at <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:1802:5401)\n    at A (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:11:7259)\n    at $SE (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:4812:4342)","timestamp":"2026-01-30T18:28:07.141Z"},{"error":"Error\n    at oS (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:42:1144)\n    at <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:47:10093)\n    at emit (node:events:92:22)\n    at endReadableNT (internal:streams/readable:861:50)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)\n    at request (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:49:2149)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-01-30T18:28:07.438Z"},{"error":"AbortError: The operation was aborted.\n    at unknown\n    at abortChildProcess (node:child_process:947:42)\n    at onAbortListener2 (node:child_process:35:24)\n    at abort (unknown)\n    at <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:3019:209)","timestamp":"2026-01-30T18:28:10.645Z"},{"error":"RipgrepTimeoutError: Ripgrep search timed out after 20 seconds. The search may have matched files but did not complete in time. Try searching a more specific path or pattern.\n    at I (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:74:189)\n    at <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:74:403)\n    at exitHandler (node:child_process:109:27)\n    at errorHandler (node:child_process:118:16)\n    at emitError (node:events:43:23)\n    at abortChildProcess (node:child_process:947:17)\n    at onAbortListener2 (node:child_process:35:24)\n    at abort (unknown)\n    at <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:3019:209)","timestamp":"2026-01-30T18:28:10.645Z"}]

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