UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello,

I am very new to UNIX and I have been learning about writing scripts and making them executable. I created a script called myscript. It has three lines:
#! /bin/sh
# This is my first shell script
echo friendsjustfriends

Now I try to run it using the sh command and it works
Next I try to make it executable and it fails:

#! /bin/sh
# This is my first shell script
bash-3.2$ chmod u+x myscript
bash-3.2$ pwd ; echo $PATH
/Users/rohit
/usr/local/bin:/Users/rohit/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
bash-3.2$ myscript
bash: myscript: command not found

I do not know why it is not working. If there is something wrong with the path, please let me know how to correct it.

Thank you so much!

Run it with ./myscript as its not in your PATH

Thanks for your email.

How do I put in my path so that I do not need to use ./ to run it?

Thanks,

Rohit

You should start searching the forums. These had been answered many times before.

Anyway, here is a hint.

PATH=$PATH:/home/user/scripts/

It's better practice to not put ./ into the PATH variable. Becuase it might be too confusing.