[ale] first time shell script

[Geoffrey]

dino wrote:
> I have been doing some reading about shell scripts and have some 
> questions.  I am using the BASH shell on Mac's OSX.
> 
> Most sample scripts say to change the file to an executable via "chmod 
> u+x scriptname"
> After doing this i should be able to simply type in "scriptname" and it 
> should run.
> 
> I cant seem to get this to work, I must enter it like this
> "bash scriptname"

It could be that your perms were not set properly, or that your current 
directory is not in your path.  Do the following to see the perms on the 
script:

ls -l scriptname

The first four characters should be '-rwx'  or at least '-r-x'

As for the path issue, do this:

PATH=$PATH:.; export PATH

and then attempt your shell script as:

scriptname


> 
> is this normal or am I not doing something correct?
> 
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