title: Commands working on windows command line but not in Git Bash terminal
body: <p>I am trying to run certain commands in Git Bash but they continue to hang and not display anything. When I run them in the Windows command prompt they work.</p>
  
  <p>For example, in my windows command prompt the </p>
  
  <pre><code>Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
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  C:\Users\danie&gt;python.exe
  Python 2.7.11 |Anaconda 4.0.0 (64-bit)| (default, Feb 16 2016, 09:58:36) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and in Git Bash it just hangs...</p>
  
  <pre><code>danie@DESKTOP-36I511A MINGW64 ~
  $ python
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried navigating directly in to the folders where the commands exist, trying 'python.exe', and waiting.</p>
  
  <p>I have also looked at the PATH variables for Git Bash, and python.exe is inside of the Anaconda2 folder which I can see below when I <code>run env|grep PATH.</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>danie@DESKTOP-36I511A MINGW64 ~
  $ env|grep PATH
  HOMEPATH=\Users\danie
  MANPATH=/mingw64/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man:/share/man:
  PATH=/c/Users/danie/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/danie/bin:/c/Program Files/Dell/DW WLAN Card:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Program Files/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/Program Files/WIDCOMM/Bluetooth Software:/c/Program Files/WIDCOMM/Bluetooth Software/syswow64:/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/c/Program Files (x86)/Skype/Phone:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/110/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/DTS/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn/ManagementStudio:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/120/DTS/Binn:/c/Users/danie/Anaconda2:/c/Users/danie/Anaconda2/Scripts:/c/Users/danie/Anaconda2/Library/bin:/c/Users/danie/SQLite:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
  EXEPATH=C:\Program Files\Git
  PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
  PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig:/mingw64/share/pkgconfig
  ACLOCAL_PATH=/mingw64/share/aclocal:/usr/share/aclocal
  INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:/share/info:
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This happens with other commands too. Sometimes adding "interactive" helps, other times it doesn't. Any idea what is going on?</p>