Bash Scripts-HowTo

[Leonard Chatagnier]

> > > Chatagnier wrote:
> > > > Would appreciate the correct command and
> syntax
> > >
> > > I think you want:
> > >
> > > /bin/bash -c "sudo appname"
> >
> > Thanks for this. Will try it soon.
> >
> > > from the command line run a script with:
> > > sh myscript.sh
> >
> > Are you saying that you can run the script from
> the
> > konsole with "sh myscript.sh" also in addition to
> > "/bin/bash -c "sudo appname"". Sorry to be so dumb
> on
> > the subject but I only attempt to run script out
> of
> > absolute necessity.
> >
> > > If the script has the "shebang" line at the top,
> > > then bash will use the
> > > correct interpreter, and you can just run
> ./myscript
> > > e.g.
> >
> > Never seen the "shebang" line at top of any script
> > file. guess I need to look harder. What I do see
> at
> > the top of most script files is "!/bin/sh". Could
> you
> > list at least one script in Kubuntu with that
> > beginning line.?
> >
> > > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > Duhh, confused here; please stay with me. Is the
> root
> > command "!/bin/bash" the correct one to use and
> not
> > !/bin/sh?  At the start of every script file I
> look
> > at, is the command? !/bin/sh which I thought
> > successfully ran the script in the past. Maybe I
> > misremember. Would you please elaborate on this so
> I
> > may fully understand.
> >
> > > .....
> > >
> > > or for Perl scripts:
> > >
> > > #!/usr/bin/perl
> > > .....
> > >
> > > Personally I like to use extensions like .sh or
> .pl
> > > so I know what kind
> > > of script it is, but you don't need to.
> >
> > I haven't the slightest understanding of this.
> > Guessing that .sh is a shell script and .pl is a
> Perl
> > script and each requires the correct command line
> > syntax as you mentioned above.
> >
> > > Marcus
> >
> > Thanks for trying to help. Obviously I'm a hard
> fix on
> > this and have little knowledge on running scripts.
> I'm
> > open to any reference on running the script but
> > definitely not writing or understanding what the
> > script is doing. Thanks again.
> This book will getyou started [it's a free download]

Hello Grumpy Penguin. I really would like to check out
the download book. However, I think you forget to add
the link. Also, the title of the book would be nice to
have. Thanks.

> >
> >
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net