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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Using color in scripts Post 303033786 by Don Cragun on Thursday 11th of April 2019 04:36:33 PM

04-11-2019

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Quote:

Originally Posted by drew77

Code:

andy@7_~/bin$ pwd
/home/andy/bin
andy@7_~/bin$ printf '%s\n' "$PATH"
/home/andy/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
andy@7_~/bin$ ls -l my-hilite
ls: cannot access 'my-hilite': No such file or directory
andy@7_~/bin$ type env bash
env is /usr/bin/env
bash is /bin/bash

I named my script Hilite.sh if that makes a difference.

It makes a difference.

If someone gives you a script named my_hilite and you do not install it with the name my-hilite, then you need to change everything that references my-hilite to reference whatever named you used when you installed it instead.

And, when you install it you have to make sure that the script will be readable and executable by whatever users want to run that script.

Code:

chmod 755 Hilite.sh

should give you a reasonably readable, executable script. Then you just have to find EVERYTHING that attempts to invoke my-hilite and change every reference to it to be Hilite.sh.

Last edited by Don Cragun; 04-11-2019 at 05:57 PM.. Reason: Fix typo: s/Hiliite[.]sh/Hilite.sh/

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getusershell(3C)					   Standard C Library Functions 					  getusershell(3C)

NAME

       getusershell, setusershell, endusershell - get legal user shells

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       char *getusershell(void);

       void setusershell(void);

       void endusershell(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  getusershell()  function  returns  a  pointer  to  a  legal  user  shell  as defined by the system manager in the file /etc/shells. If
       /etc/shells does not exist, the following locations of the standard system shells are used in its place:

       /bin/bash		  /bin/csh
       /bin/jsh 		  /bin/ksh
       /bin/pfcsh		  /bin/pfksh
       /bin/pfsh		  /bin/sh
       /bin/tcsh		  /bin/zsh
       /sbin/jsh		  /sbin/pfsh
       /sbin/sh 		  /usr/bin/bash
       /usr/bin/csh		  /usr/bin/jsh
       /usr/bin/ksh		  /usr/bin/pfcsh
       /usr/bin/pfksh		  /usr/bin/pfsh
       /usr/bin/sh		  /usr/bin/tcsh
       /usr/bin/zsh		  /usr/xpg4/bin/sh

       The getusershell() function opens the file /etc/shells, if it exists, and returns the next entry in the list of shells.

       The setusershell() function rewinds the file or the list.

       The endusershell() function closes the file, frees any memory used by getusershell() and setusershell(), and rewinds the file /etc/shells.

RETURN VALUES

       The getusershell() function returns a null pointer on EOF.

BUGS

       All information is contained in memory that may be freed with a call to endusershell(), so it must be copied if it is to be saved.

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