diff --git a/bin/npx b/bin/npx
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+#!/bin/sh
+(set -o igncr) 2>/dev/null && set -o igncr; # cygwin encoding fix
+
+basedir=`dirname "$0"`
+
+case `uname` in
+    *CYGWIN*) basedir=`cygpath -w "$basedir"`;;
+esac
+
+NODE_EXE="$basedir/node.exe"
+if ! [ -x "$NODE_EXE" ]; then
+  NODE_EXE=node
+fi
+
+NPM_CLI_JS="$basedir/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
+NPX_CLI_JS="$basedir/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js"
+
+case `uname` in
+  *MINGW*)
+    NPM_PREFIX=`"$NODE_EXE" "$NPM_CLI_JS" prefix -g`
+    NPM_PREFIX_NPX_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js"
+    if [ -f "$NPM_PREFIX_NPX_CLI_JS" ]; then
+      NPX_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX_NPX_CLI_JS"
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *CYGWIN*)
+    NPM_PREFIX=`"$NODE_EXE" "$NPM_CLI_JS" prefix -g`
+    NPM_PREFIX_NPX_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js"
+    if [ -f "$NPM_PREFIX_NPX_CLI_JS" ]; then
+      NPX_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX_NPX_CLI_JS"
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
+"$NODE_EXE" "$NPX_CLI_JS" "$@"