# Tutorial command in cmake tutorial exercise

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757
**Category:** Usage
**Tags:** os:windows
**Created:** [August 17, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757 "2023-08-17T07:38:21Z")
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### Author: ![Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Xahid)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/1 "2023-08-17T07:38:21Z")

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I am following the tutorial:

[Step 1: A Basic Starting Point — CMake 3.27.3 Documentation](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/guide/tutorial/A%20Basic%20Starting%20Point.html)

The command:

`Tutorial 4294967296`

shows the error:

 ![command_line](https://discourse.cmake.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/023ae3a8c7fa6d2c123de7c116fb9896f20a0089.png)

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### Author: ![Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Xahid)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/2 "2023-08-17T07:42:40Z")

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### Author: ![Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Xahid)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/3 "2023-08-17T07:44:03Z")

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### Author: ![ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/clausklein/32/352_2.png) [@ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ClausKlein)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/4 "2023-08-17T10:43:01Z")

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- Why do you use `unicode chars` in your path?
- And what is your question?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/5 "2023-08-17T14:07:35Z")

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> [@ClausKlein](#):
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> Why do you use `unicode chars` in your path?

Presumably that is their name in their native orthography.

> [@ClausKlein](#):
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> And what is your question?

My guess is the “not recognized as an internal or external command”.

It appears as though the tutorial does not consider multi-config generator usage. In this case, you should run `.\Debug\Tutorial 4294967296`.

Cc: @betsy.mcphail

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### Author: ![betsy.mcphail](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/betsy.mcphail/32/299_2.png) [@betsy.mcphail](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/betsy.mcphail)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/6 "2023-08-17T14:56:04Z")

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The documentation for this step could use some extra details for multi-config generators. I created a MR here → [https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/merge\_requests/8734](https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/merge_requests/8734)

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### Author: ![Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@Xahid](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Xahid)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/7 "2023-08-17T16:14:57Z")

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I am in South Korea and those characters are built in here in the system.  
What is the expected output with this tutorial when I use

```
 Tutorial 4294967296

```

I have shown what I get. It shows the error!

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/tutorial-command-in-cmake-tutorial-exercise/8757/8 "2023-08-18T12:39:23Z")

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The MR Betsy made now has instructions for a `cd Debug` for multi-config generators. If you `cd` to Debug, does the command now work?