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Old 01-11-2007
Well, there's your problem. Don't name it "test". "test" is a real binary.
# 9  
Old 01-11-2007
Smilie

Thx alot Glenn Arndt. I should have mentioned it from the begining.

how can I tell if the script name is valid or reserved for the system??

Thx
# 10  
Old 01-11-2007
For the most part, "which binary" should help. This won't catch everything, though. For example, you might (unknowingly) have "f" aliased to "ls -alF". If you name your script "f", the alias "f" would be interpreted before the script "f".

Probably the most popular way to avoid having your script names interfering with existing binaries is to use some variation of ".sh" as a suffix.
 
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