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Old 08-29-2008
Script help

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,......

and how to compile it.
# 2  
Old 08-29-2008
The name of the file is up to the standards you have for your system. Ususally coders use filename.sh. Unix is not Windows so it doesn't care about file extensions.

To make the code run under ksh do two things

1. change script to have a shebang "#!" as the VERY FIRST line in the script
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

2. change permissions on the file - in this example we call the script filename.sh
Code:
chmod +x filename.sh

to run the script, just type the name of the script file and press return.
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Old 08-29-2008
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.)
Quote:

and how to compile it.

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

Code:
chmod +x /path/to/script

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