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Old 12-22-2008
SH echo$path
I need to run my shell script just by typing its name rather than doing sh <scrpit name>. I think its something to do with my profile and path.
echo $path is giving me output as follows:

sr/games /opt/gnome/bin /opt/kde3/bin /usr/bin/X11 /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /usr/lib/mit/bin /usr/lib/mit/sbin

where : is missing.

would appericiate any help
thanks
# 2  
Old 12-22-2008
Hi,

it is

Code:
echo $PATH

not "echo $path"

add "." to your PATH.

Code:
PATH=.:$PATH

and make your script executable with chmod +x script.

But it is no good idea to add the current directory
to your path. This will make it much easier to execute
malicious code on your machine.

HTH Chris
# 3  
Old 12-22-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1MB
I need to run my shell script just by typing its name rather than doing sh <scrpit name>. I think its something to do with my profile and path.

If the script is in a directory in your PATH, and it has been made executable, you can run it just by typing its name.
Quote:
echo $path is giving me output as follows:

sr/games /opt/gnome/bin /opt/kde3/bin /usr/bin/X11 /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /usr/lib/mit/bin /usr/lib/mit/sbin

where : is missing.

Are you using csh (or tcsh) as your interactive shell?

If so, I strongly recommend switching to a Bourne-type shell, preferably bash. You lose little, if anything, by switching, and you gain from being able to use the same syntax at the command line as you do in your scripts.
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Old 12-24-2008
Thanks That worked........... thanks guys.....
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