[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Matheson) wrote: >I can't get any of my scripts to work. I'm just trying to start simple, by >making a script to delete all my FreeCiv save files. I use 'vi' and type >the following: > > # !/bin/sh > rm civgame* > clear > pwd > ls -l > >Then I type "chmod u+x removeCiv.sh" to add execute permission to myself, >but when i type "removeCiv.sh" at the prompt i get the error "bash: >removeCiv.sh: command not found" > >How do I get my scripts to work?
As well as what's already been mentioned, you should use '#! /bin/sh', not '# !/bin/sh'; the difference is significant to the kernel, which uses the shebang (#!) to start up the "executable interpreter" mechanism for scripts. '#!/bin/sh' will also work on Linux, but I believe other Unices (BSD?) use '#! /' as the executable interpreter marker, so '#! /bin/sh' is safer. It happens that your script would work in this case, but not if you moved to some other language like Perl. (Why does this work, by the way? Is /bin/sh the default interpreter?) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
