Silly problem but can't seem to solve this one

I create a script in a directory /home/user/scripts.

Add the directory to the path via export

try and run script xxxx.sh

always get command not found (even as root and none of the commands in the script need root access).

cd /home/userid/scripts

try again --still command not found

Run however with ./xxxx.sh it works

I shouldn't have to prefix the script with ./

I just want to type in the command and have the script execute -- ideally as xxxx

Googled around --plenty of tutorials on creating scripts but none of them seem to explain how do you run them just as a command

cheers

-K

Hi,

You mention adding the dir to the PATH variable, did that work (echo $PATH to check)?
Does your script start with the appropriate 'she-bang' (#!/bin/bash for example)?
Does your script have execute permissions (rwxr-xr-x or alike)?

Hope this gets you going again.

For safety reasons, the current directory is not included in your path variable. There are good reasons, however I can't remember any good examples. That's why the ./ is required. If you want to run this script, copy it to a location that is in $PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). To find out what's in your users path, type 'echo $PATH'. If you don't care about safety, you can add the current directory to your path by adding the following line to ~/.bashrc (or /etc/profile.local ?):

EDIT (found an example):