WP-CLI.phar “could not open input file”

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I am trying to install wp-cli on windows using cygwin on windows 10. I used the directions on the official site: http://wp-cli.org/docs/installing/ using the ‘installing on windows’ instructions, not through composer. PHP is installed via XAMPP and was added to the PATH. php --info returns 

PHP Version => 5.6.3.

I created a wp-cli folder in c: drive and added wp-cli.phar and wp.bat. wp.bat --info returns:

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PHP binary:             C:xamppphpphp.exe
PHP version:            5.6.3
php.ini used:           C:xamppphpphp.ini
WP-CLI root dir:        phar://wp-cli.phar
WP-CLI packages dir:    C:cygwin64homeA57/.wp-cli/packages/
WP-CLI global config:
WP-CLI project config:
WP-CLI version: 0.23.0

But when I type $ wp-cli.phar --info it returns: 

Could not open input file: /cygdrive/c/wp-cli/wp-cli.phar

Please help

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  1. I’ve just achieved this! (After much pain, I might add …)

    My problem was that the .bat file I had created had another hidden extension, so that the file was actually registering by the system as a text file, instead of a Windows Batch File.

    By deleting the file and starting again in a text editor, pasting these commands in:

    @ECHO OFF
    php "c:/wp-cli/wp-cli.phar" %*

    Then saving the file as a .bat and MAKING SURE YOU SELECT ALL FILES (*) as the file type, it recognised it, and I am now able to run wp-cli in the command line.

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