Linux equivalent of bat files

anjanesh · 12-29-2005, 11:31 PM

Im interested in what gilead mentioned - #!/usr/bin/perl folloowing perl code.
So if I have test.php in my user account folder,

Code:

#!/usr/bin/php

<?php
echo 'hello';
?>

should type hello right ?

But why is other stuff getting printed too ?

[username@myserver username]$ ./test.php
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.11

hello[username@myserver username]$

And btw, why isnt ls displaying hidden files ? Im seeing some other files (font colour is grey so I've assumed hidden) in WinSCP.

Thanks

nitinatindore · 12-29-2005, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightCmdr

One last detail; the first line of an executable script should be a "shebang line". This is a line that starts with

#![path to shell goes here]

Not really required for a simple shell script. Though a good programming practise, but no harm if you dont include anything,try out this simple example:

$cat > blah
ls
echo $HOME
who am i
^D
$chmod u+x blah
$./blah

The above script will run with flying colors.

MidnightCmdr · 12-30-2005, 08:50 AM

pljvaldez: The global Bash profile is usually /etc/profile. Also, there's a slight difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile. The .bashrc is sourced when Bash is called as a non-login shell, and the other when it's called as a login shell (if .bash_profile isn't there, it looks for .profile).

pljvaldez · 12-30-2005, 11:54 AM

anjanesh,

The reason ls doesn't show hidden files is that there are other options you must pass to the command. Type man ls to learn more, but to see hidden files as well as regular files type ls -a, to see the files as a list with other information, type ls -l, to see all files (hidden included) as a list, type ls -al. I almost always use ls -l because I'm a nerd and like to see lots of data.

MidnightCmdr,

Thanks for the clarification. That explains why I don't have colors for ls when I login to shell instead of gdm...

anjanesh · 12-30-2005, 12:15 PM

Cool ! Thanks ! Anyway I got this much running so far.