01-17-2009
Hi Jodi
Methinks you need to read and understand a book on Linux before you wreck your system.
A reminder about filenames:
Long after the creation of Unix came MSDOS from M$.
In MSDOS (which became M$ Windows) the suffix of the filename conveyed the file type. This does not apply to Unix and Linux though there are
informal conventions. The fullstop character is just another character in the filename.
Assuming your script /usr/bin/del contains the one line
mv $file /home/trash
This is not enough.
Unless there is a value in the variable $file , the command will fail.
Unfortunately because you appear to have no basic training I cannot continue to advise.
Last edited by methyl; 01-17-2009 at 08:58 PM..
Reason: typo
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