Bill Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> It has to be a dot file. A file who's name begins with `.'
>> Try .test.
>>
>> Maybe someone here can explain why it doesn't work in a file named
>> `test' but does in .test?
>
> For some reason it tries
Bill Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> From: Bill Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: cd in a Shell Script
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 05:09:26 +0100 (BST)
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Kevin
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Kevin Krieser wrote:
> You can source any text file. It doesn't have to start with a period.
> However, the reason it doesn't work with a file called test is because
> "test" is a shell builtin command. Useful in if statements:
bzzt! It's when there is a binary of the s
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote:
> It has to be a dot file. A file who's name begins with `.'
> Try .test.
>
> Maybe someone here can explain why it doesn't work in a file named
> `test' but does in .test?
For some reason it tries to source the binary "test" in /usr/bin ...
try renami
You can source any text file. It doesn't have to start with a period.
However, the reason it doesn't work with a file called test is because
"test" is a shell builtin command. Useful in if statements:
if test "$VAR" = "I"
then
...
fi
, though normally, the [ command is used instead for the sa
> "hp" == Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
hp> Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> "The Gyzmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
>>> display the contents at once because I'm sick of havi
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "The Gyzmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
>> display the contents at once because I'm sick of having to do 'cd dir'
>> then 'ls -l'. My problem is that once the program is done exec
"The Gyzmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
> display the contents at once because I'm sick of having to do 'cd dir'
> then 'ls -l'. My problem is that once the program is done executing, my
> directory remains the same. Here's
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, The Gyzmo wrote:
> Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
> display the contents at once because I'm sick of having to do 'cd dir'
> then 'ls -l'. My problem is that once the program is done executing, my
> directory remains the same. Here's my
Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
display the contents at once because I'm sick of having to do 'cd dir'
then 'ls -l'. My problem is that once the program is done executing, my
directory remains the same. Here's my script:
#!/bin/bash
cd $1
ls -lh | more
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