home dir executable (!/bin/sh,
chmod+x) shell scripts won't run without "sh <script>"
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Mon Jan 7 08:00:16 PST 2008
Steve Franks writes:
> I keep reading about making sh scripts executable with #!/bin/sh on
> the first line and chmod to executable. That works with all my system
> scripts (rc, etc.) or my system would be DOA, no doubt. When I do it
> in my home folder, however, running <script> gives "command not
> found". I've only read about 5 sites telling you how to make shell
> scripts executable, they all say the same thing, and they all don't
> work. How did I get to be so special?
"command not found" makes my first guess a PATH problem.
What happens when you use:
> <full path>/script_name
or
> ./script_name
Robert Huff
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