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Old 05-21-2004, 04:48 PM   #1
onewhoknows
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Just to clarify (scripting, bash)


All I need to make a script in bash is the #!/bin/sh header?

I'm confused about several parts. Right now, I'm trying to get Firefox to not open up a profile screen when I click on the icon a second time. People are suggesting their scripts, but I'm not exactly sure how to utilize them. Is there a file somewhere that I need to specify that will call on the script I make?

Also, what are the differences between say "firefox" and "run-mozilla.sh" One has an extension and the other does... but they both begin with the same header and one can be executed and the other can't (or it says I don't have permission).

OK, looking at the two files more, I see that there's a line that refers to "run-mozilla.sh" in "firefox"

I know I should be reading up on books, but I'm more of a hands-on and ask questions type of guy... sorry if this is touched on somewhere and I'm just being entirely noobish

Also... how do I actually MAKE a script? It's not like "right-click, new txt document", I know... Windows has corrupted me. Can I just vi a file that doesn't exist and then save it? Like vi firefox.sh and then save if after I've written to it?

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Old 05-21-2004, 05:24 PM   #2
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You can use vi or any straight text editor to create a BASH script. In a gui you can use gedit, kate, or even OpenOffice (although that would be overkill and you would have to save as ASCII text).

After the header you can put most of the commandline commands used interactively. There is lots of info obtainable by
man bash
and http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html and http://www.tldp.org/guides.html#abs
 
Old 05-21-2004, 06:12 PM   #3
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Originally posted by RobertP
You can use vi or any straight text editor to create a BASH script. In a gui you can use gedit, kate, or even OpenOffice (although that would be overkill and you would have to save as ASCII text).

After the header you can put most of the commandline commands used interactively. There is lots of info obtainable by
man bash
and http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html and http://www.tldp.org/guides.html#abs
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