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# 8  
Old 05-15-2012
Quote:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
echo "CS:GO Server Install Script"
# Absolute path to this script, e.g. /home/user/bin/foo.sh
SCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
# Absolute path this script is in, thus /home/user/bin
SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
echo $SCRIPTPATH
 
cd /home/csgoinstall/
STEAMEXE="steamcmd ./steam.sh"
#!/usr/bin/expect/
spawn $STEAMEXE

I'm running into an issue now of :
./jeff2.sh: line 12: spawn: command not found
You have an extra forward slash in your shebang after expect (highlighted in RED above)...
Last edited by Finja; 05-15-2012 at 10:14 PM..
# 9  
Old 05-16-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by foghsho
I'm running into an issue now of :
./jeff2.sh: line 12: spawn: command not found
The reason is that line 11 is ignored and the shell (bash) doesn't know the "spawn"-command. This:

Code:
#!/path/to/some/shell

can only be used once to explicitly load some shell at the beginning of a script, so this line is valid only if it is the first line, otherwise not.

If you want to change the shell in between you have to call an external script, which can have its own first line. Like this:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

some_command

/path/to/script.ext

some_other_command

this is the content of /path/to/script.ext:
Code:
#!/bin/expect

spawn .....

Why don't you just tell us the whole story? Post your complete script here and tell us, step by step, what you want to do. It is easier to come up with a solution if we know the whole picture instead of having to debug one error after the other.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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