RE: Help running bash scripts

["David Christensen" <dpchrist at holgerdanske dot com>]

Thierry wrote:
> running a simple sh script(test.sh):
> #!/bin/sh
> # test

> $ ./test.sh
> : command not found

Get this book:

    http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash3/index.html


"test" is a Bash built-in command ("man bash"; see CONDITIONAL
EXPRESSIONS).  Avoid using that keyword in Bash scripts and anywhere
else Bash might trip over it (such as script and program names).


So:

1.  Rename your script.

2.  Make it executable.

3.  Adjust your shebang line to point to Bash.  This is the location on
my Cygwin system:

	2006-11-21 21:11:50 dpchrist@s3000p ~
	$ which bash
	/usr/bin/bash


4.  Try this:

	2006-11-21 21:11:51 dpchrist@s3000p ~
	$ vi foo.sh
	#! /usr/bin/bash
	echo foo

	2006-11-21 21:16:39 dpchrist@s3000p ~
	$ chmod +x foo.sh

	2006-11-21 21:16:44 dpchrist@s3000p ~
	$ ./foo.sh
	foo


HTH,

David


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