Bash script - can't open *.sh

[coombesy]

Hi,

trying to write a bash script to clean up my desktop. Learning bash scripting passed two days, so solution might be obvious.

del_Torrents.sh

#!/bin/bash

rm -r ./*.torrent

(gonna start of simple) My 1st problem is that when i run:

coombes@coombes-laptop:~/Desktop$sudo sh del_Torrents.sh

i get:

sh: Can't open del_Torrents.sh

I did get this to work yesterday, after a few attempts. But today it's not! any ideas would be helpful.
Cheers.

[ifross]

Have you made the script excecutable?


chmod a+x del_torrents.sh

[geirha]

sh: Can't open del_Torrents.sh

That error message means it can't find the file. Are you sure the file is still there, and you typed the name correct? (remember, linux is case sensitive)

[Majorix]

Why don't you just use the terminal for this?

[dje]

Try this (make sure you are in the correct directory where the script is):

sudo ./del_Torrents.sh
You need the './' in front of the script because it isn't in the PATH variable

hope that helps,
dje

[Prospero2006]

You Could:

Chmod the script as mentioned above.
Copy it to /usr/local/bin/
Type del_tor(tab)

or

Create an Alias

[stroyan]

Have you made the script excecutable?


chmod a+x del_torrents.sh

If started with "sudo sh del_Torrents.sh" the file does not actually
need to be executable


You need the './' in front of the script because it isn't in the PATH variable


If started with "sh del_Torrents.sh" the file does not actually need to
be executable. It only needs to be readable. It also does not need to
be in a directory in $PATH, as long at it is in the current directory.
Both of those requirements do apply for running a script by name without
any explicit sh or bash command.

I favor the case-sensitive typo theory, or being in a different directory
than the del_Torrents.sh file. The same error message could come from a
permissions problem if the file is present but not readable. But running
sh with sudo will make any existing file readable to that sh.