On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 01:27:35PM -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > Except it isn't a script -- it's input that came from > the terminal, that got repetitively edited using vi mode, until it got > saved in a file so it could continue to be edited, and stay on the screen > while executing it in the original window.
If it's in a file, it is a script. Do note that commands in a file are not equivalent to commands typed into an interactive shell. If the commands set variables or change directory or toggle shell options, those changes won't persist because you're running a script, and they go away when the script terminates. Maybe you want a shell function instead. > How often, when at a terminal, do you type #!/bin/bash before every line? When I've put the contents into a file? Every. single. time.
