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Old 12-07-2010
Simple script question
How do you create a simple script that runs without the ./ ?
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Old 12-07-2010
Put . in your PATH (usually to be avoided), or put the script somewhere already in your PATH, or create a function, or an alias, to call the script.

But as this sounds like homework, I'm not telling you.
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Old 12-07-2010
Further to scottn.

Add the directory containing the script into your $PATH and make sure that the script is executable.

Code:
For example:

chmod 755 /home/myuser/myscriptsdir/myscript
PATH="${PATH}:/home/myuser/myscriptsdir" ; export PATH

myscript

 
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