Quote:

Originally Posted by kumars Hi there to everyone, I am new to shell script and I am in the need to develop and run scripts on the AIX. I am using 'ksh' on AIX . Could anyone please tell me what should be file extension for the script on 'ksh' and how to compile it. I mean the script ext. should be... filename.ksh or filename.csh, etc,......

There is no need for any file extension or suffix (on *nix, they are not really extensions).

I use a suffix of "-sh" for the development versions of my scripts. When they are ready to use, I copy them to the production directory (usually /usr/local/bin) without the suffix. That way, I can play around with the develoopment copy while keeps a pristine production version. (I have scripts for this in the last chapter of my book, Shell Scripting Recipes.)

You do not compile shell scripts. All you need to do is set the execute permissions:

Code:

chmod +x /path/to/script