Bash scripts not working

anticuchos · 09-24-2005, 04:54 PM

Code:

anticuchos@linux:~/bin> getit.sh
bash: getit.sh: command not found

Execute is enabled. Why won't it respond?

Stan the caddy · 09-24-2005, 05:00 PM

You don't have your current working directory in your PATH shell variable. Either call the script like this

Code:

./getit.sh

or add "." to your PATH

IBall · 09-24-2005, 10:01 PM

Adding the current working directory to your PATH is not a good idea for security reasons, particularly for the root user.

If you want to, add the following line to ~/.bashrc:

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:.

I hope this helps
--Ian

anticuchos · 09-25-2005, 04:58 PM

What does this little thing do?: export PATH=$PATH:

asmo · 09-25-2005, 05:12 PM

Code:

sh getit.sh

or

Code:

chmod 700 getit.sh
./getit.sh

IBall · 09-25-2005, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by anticuchos
What does this little thing do?: export PATH=$PATH:

Linux has a list of directories that it searches whenever you want to execute a command. This is your PATH.

Your path consists of directories such as /bin, /usr/bin and some others. If you want to run a command in your current directory (.) you need to add it to your path. The above line is how to do that. $PATH is an environment variable, and this is just the syntax for setting it. You add it to ~/.bashrc, so that it is set each time you log in.

I hope this helps
--Ian