UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hello everybody:
i think this is really quite of dummy question.
after I write a new script, and give it the execute permission.
some times its just enough to call its name to run the script , other times I need to include ksh or ./ScriptName .
so how I can make all my scripts run by just calling their names only.


hope i managed to made it clear
thanks alot

Include your current directory in PATH environment variable

Code:

PATH=$PATH":."

do one thing
give full execute permission and copy this file into /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin so that u can execute and see this command script anywhere

Do this (copy it to a dir which is already in your PATH) instead of anbu23's solution. That's a little bit dangerous.

if the script is for specific purpose other than root , grials suggestion can be use d to copy file to home directory and set the PATH variable

PATH=$PATH:/home/(anyhome directory)
export $PATH

using this also can ease your work

Do you have the hash-bang on the first line?

e.g. #! /bin/ksh

This tells the shell that the file contains korn script and it will automatically execute it with ksh.

So rather than:

> ksh ./somescript.ksh

you can use:

> ./somescript.ksh

This assumes that ksh is in /bin and somescript.ksh has execute permissions.

Also - be careful about arbitrarily adding other paths to your PATH variable. Just because it makes it easier doesn't make it better. I never have the current directory on the PATH - my preference is more safety over the hassle of typing ./

HTH

thanks for all your replies guys.
I added the hash bang thing but didnt solve the issue.
I wasnt into adding the path thing, what i did is i added .ksh to the ScriptName.
so now its name is: test.ksh instead of test.
and it worked.
thanks again