title: How to launch a new WSL bash window from an existing WSL bash window
body: <p>I am struggling to figure out how to launch a new "command prompt" window via a bash command in WSL. The goal is to launch a second prompt preferably already in bash.</p>
  
  <p>I have already tried running <code>cmd.exe</code> yet that just drops me to a standard windows command prompt cmd from with in the bash shell.<br>
  <a href="https://i.imgur.com/tIdRMvR.png" rel="noreferrer">https://i.imgur.com/tIdRMvR.png</a></p>
  
  <p>Running the <code>bash.exe</code> or <code>wsl.exe</code> commands just takes me to another bash shell from within that same bash shell.<br>
  <a href="https://i.imgur.com/OM1XTlG.png" rel="noreferrer">https://i.imgur.com/OM1XTlG.png</a></p>
  
  <p>I am using the <strong>Debian</strong> distribution for WSL though that should not matter.</p>
  
  <p>I know you can make a new window from the standard command prompt by putting the <code>start</code> command before the program. Yet I can not find the *nix equivalent or how to call a bash command from within WSL that does the same thing.</p>