Script Running

[Powermaster]

How do I run a .sh script? And where can I download the software to run it? (Mac X ofcourse)

[BSDimwit]

just tell it to run it via the command line (make sure that its executable)

download your script.sh

chmod 755 script.sh (makes it executable)

./script.sh will run it. If you save it in a directory that is in your $PATH variable, you don't need the ./ in front of the name. Or you can use the absolute path to call it as well....like so

/Users/todd/script.sh

using the ./ infront of the script basically tells the shells where your script is...

./ = current working directory (actually . does but that another tutorial)

also you can type

sh script.sh

Hmm, now that I think of it, I am not sure if mac osx comes with bourne shell or not... If not, then you will need to install it... I would go with bash or ksh instead though, way better and they can run bourne shell scripts out of the box. You can download bash from apple.com under the macosx/downloads/unix apps area.

Hope this helps

[BSDimwit]

zsh should be able to run most bourne shell scripts... according to zsh's website. It too is a superset of bourne shell with some nifty command line editing and globbing features... give it a try with zsh... if it doesn't work, get bash from apples website.

[Powermaster]

Thanks I got it :')