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adeee
February 4th, 2011, 05:43 PM
Actually totally new i am.so dont mind. :p

i create a folder bin in home directory. and then file create my_script
paste this script.


#!/bin/bash

# make_page - A script to produce an HTML file

echo "<HTML>"
echo "<HEAD>"
echo " <TITLE>"
echo " The title of your page"
echo " </TITLE>"
echo "</HEAD>"
echo ""
echo "<BODY>"
echo " Your page content goes here."
echo "</BODY>"
echo "</HTML>"


cat << _ADEEE_
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
The title of your page
</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
Your page content goes here.
</BODY>
</HTML>
_ADEEE_

then i paste this command.


make_page > page.html
Then it
says

make_page: command not found
but page.html create in bin directory.
and when i double click it there is no output.totally blank.

any idea. :mad:
please reply me as quick as possible if you dont mind because if i face start up problem then i cant learn more.:confused:

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this is my mega thread so if i face any problem in programming then i ask here.admin dont mind. ):P
johnl
February 4th, 2011, 07:37 PM
You need to either specify the exact path of the script (option 1), or add the directory to your PATH environmental variable (option 2)

For either one, you will need to make the script executable.

To make the script executable, navigate to the folder it is in, and type 'chmod +x ./make_page'


option 1 (from /home/yourname/bin)


$ ./make_page > page.html # this will work
$ /home/yourname/make_page > page.html # this will work
$ make_page > page.html # this will not



option 2:

add the following to the end of your ~/.bashrc file and save it:

export PATH="$PATH:/home/yourname/bin"

open a new terminal or type 'source ~/.bashrc' in an existing terminal

now you can type 'make_page > page.html'
trent.josephsen
February 4th, 2011, 07:38 PM
Make sure the script is marked executable (chmod +x make_page) and call it like this:

./make_page >page.html
Vaphell
February 4th, 2011, 07:51 PM
doesn't ubuntu add ~/bin automatically to PATH variable?

~/.profile

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi
Some Penguin
February 4th, 2011, 09:25 PM
Decide whether you want to call it my_script or make_page.
forrestcupp
February 4th, 2011, 09:38 PM
Decide whether you want to call it my_script or make_page.

+1. You said you named the file my_script. If that's the name of the file, then that's the name of the script. Just because you put make_page in the comments doesn't mean that's the script's name. You have to go by the file name.

Also, you need to chmod +x the file like trent.joshepsen said, only use the actual filename.