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Expand Up @@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ Escape to external command:

## Windows Note

When running an external command on Windows, nushell [used to](https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2022-08-16-nushell-0_67.html#windows-cmd-exe-changes-rgwood) use [Cmd.exe](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cmd) to run the command, as a number of common commands on Windows are actually shell builtins and not available as separate executables. [Coming from CMD.EXE](coming_from_cmd.md) contains a list of these commands and how to map them to nushell native concepts.
When running an external command on Windows,
Nushell forwards some CMD.EXE internal commands to cmd instead of attempting to run external commands.
[Coming from CMD.EXE](coming_from_cmd.md) contains a list of these commands and describes the behavior in more detail.