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Old 12-14-2003
Having a slight problem!?
having a slight problem. any clues would help. Can't seem to get any output when I run a simple echo script.

grex.cyberspace.org% chmod a+x test
grex.cyberspace.org% ls -l test
-rwxrwx--x 1 gordybh cohorts 20 Dec 13 20:22 test
grex.cyberspace.org% cat test
#!/bin/sh
echo test
grex.cyberspace.org% test
grex.cyberspace.org%
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Old 12-14-2003
use another name for you script. test is already a name of a utility. running the command 'test' with no arguments will output nothing.
# 3  
Old 12-14-2003
if anything type :
"./test"

to execute the command in the directory. save your self some trouble though and next time DO NOT use the name 'test' for a script you plan on running.
 
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