> From: Macintosh Scripting Systems on behalf of John A.M. Darnell
> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2007 12:03 PM
> Hello everyone:
>
> The cat's away and the mice will play...at least I'm playing with bash
> scripting (just because I have the time and I would like to know...). I'm
>
> having a rough time getting off the ground, however. I am writing a very,
>
> very simple script that looks like this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> echo "Hello $USER."
> ls
>
> This file is saved as lst.bsh.
>
> I am then executing this very simple script in Terminal with this command:
>
> bash lst.bsh
>
> Nothing happens except that the command prompt returns. I see no echo nor
>
> do I see a file listing.
>
> What fundamental step am I missing?
>
>
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what happens when you run it with the full path?
$ /bin/bash lst.bsh
Could be that /bin isn't in your $PATH.
Dennis