[SOLVED] how to encrypt shell script

bkcreddy17 · 04-08-2009, 06:09 AM

hi, i am trying to encrypt shell script. But i am getting this error. what to do?

Code:

$cat test1.sh
echo "hello"
cal

Code:

$ shc -f test1.sh
shc: invalid first line in script: echo "hello"
shc: Success

colucix · 04-08-2009, 06:26 AM

You have to put the sha-bang (e.g. #!/bin/bash) at the beginning of the script, since shc need to know which shell is using. Here is an excerpt from the manual page:

Code:

The  compiled  binary  will  still be dependent on the shell specified in the first line of the shell
code (i.e. #!/bin/sh), thus shc does not create completely independent binaries.

bkcreddy17 · 04-08-2009, 06:51 AM

thank you. got it