Getting "event not found" when making scripts

darin3200 · 08-31-2003, 11:03 PM

I'm trying to write shell scripts but everytime I try I get and error saying "!/bin/bash: event not found" I've tried typing
!/bin/bash
#!/bin/bash
and the same thing with sh instead of bash and I always get the same errors. Am I missing something? I have install bash and I see it as an program. Thanks

mcleodnine · 09-01-2003, 12:34 AM

This happens when you create _any_ script?

DrOzz · 09-01-2003, 12:45 AM

output this:
ls -alc /bin/bash*

darin3200 · 09-01-2003, 09:17 AM

Well how do you right a script? I open a terminal and type "!/bin/bash" and I get "event not found" same with when I just type "#!/bin/bash" The mandrake howto I have has
#!/bin/bash
echo Hello World
I can't get to the Hello World part because when I hit enter I get event not found.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 625516 Aug 31 11:16 /bin/bash*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Aug 31 11:16 /bin/bash2 -> bash*

Dark_Helmet · 09-01-2003, 12:01 PM

Shell scripts are contained in text files... You don't type them on the command-line directly. Open a text editor and go to town...

The first time you try to run the script, save it, and at a command-line type:
chmod u+x filename

That will make the file executable. Then type:
./filename

That will run the script. The ./ at the beginning is to make sure the script in the current directory is run.

The "#!/bin/bash" line should be the first line in your script, and it tells the system that you want bash to interpret the commands in the file.

darin3200 · 09-01-2003, 12:37 PM

That works, I wasn't quite understanding how to do that but it makes sense now