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Is this a known defect?  The errorlevel of the ls command is passed to the echo.

$ cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>del c:\tmp\hello
del c:\tmp\hello
Could Not Find c:\tmp\hello

C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>ls foo
ls foo
ls: cannot access 'foo': No such file or directory

C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo hello > c:\tmp\hello
echo hello > c:\tmp\hello

C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo %errorlevel%
echo %errorlevel%
2

C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>del c:\tmp\hello
del c:\tmp\hello

C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo hello > c:\tmp\hello
echo hello > c:\tmp\hello

C:\cygwin64\home\Administrator>echo %errorlevel%
echo %errorlevel%
0


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