Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:00:12 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: stevefranks@ieee.org Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: home dir executable (!/bin/sh, chmod+x) shell scripts won't run without "sh <script>" Message-ID: <18306.19596.939739.137416@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90801070752l3d0e571cq8f7b1b519e1e808c@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90801070752l3d0e571cq8f7b1b519e1e808c@mail.gmail.com>
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Steve Franks writes: > I keep reading about making sh scripts executable with #!/bin/sh on > the first line and chmod to executable. That works with all my system > scripts (rc, etc.) or my system would be DOA, no doubt. When I do it > in my home folder, however, running <script> gives "command not > found". I've only read about 5 sites telling you how to make shell > scripts executable, they all say the same thing, and they all don't > work. How did I get to be so special? "command not found" makes my first guess a PATH problem. What happens when you use: > <full path>/script_name or > ./script_name Robert Huff
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