Cannot execute bash script in redhat linux

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I write a simple shell script to clean log files in redhat:

Filename: clean.sh

#!/bin/bash
rm -f *.log core.*

But when I typed clean or clean.sh, it always prompt

-bash: clean: command not found
-bash: clean.sh: command not found

What's the problem?

Keith Thompson · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-11 00:55:05Z

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You probably don't have . (the current directory) in your $PATH (and that's a good thing; having . in your $PATH can be dangerous.)

Try this:

./clean.sh

And if the script file's name is clean.sh you can't run it as just clean, with or without a directory. The file name is clean.sh, and that's how you need to execute it.

Or you can change the name from clean.sh to just clean. Unix-like systems (that includes Linux) don't depend on file extensions the way Windows does.

answered Oct 11, 2011 at 0:55

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yati sagade · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-11 00:55:09Z

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problem 1: maybe the execute permission on clean.sh is not set. Do this:

chmod +x ./clean.sh

problem 2: RH Linux does not include CWD on the path by default. So, when you are in the same directory as clean.sh, type:

./clean.sh

That should execute it.

answered Oct 11, 2011 at 0:55

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Spark Over a year ago

Just as you said, it doesn't has exe permission and need add ./

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