How to convert from command line to bash script?

Question

I have a chain of commands that can execute all at once, however I wish to put it inside of a bash script. The problem is that I have no clue how to. My command is like so:

/usr/bin/sort -n db | /usr/bin/awk -F: '{print $1; print $2}' | db5.1_load -T -t hash newdb

How can I convert the above into a bash script?

I forgot to include the path to sort and awk. My apologies guys. — trainreq
– trainreq, Commented Mar 31, 2013 at 2:39
You may be missing the Unix shebang on the first line, see my answer below — Stuart M
– Stuart M, Commented Mar 31, 2013 at 2:46

Stuart M · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-31 02:45:10Z

4

This should normally be as simple as putting the shell command into a text file, and putting the Unix shebang on the first line of the file, which defines which program to use to run the script (in this case, /bin/bash). So this would look like:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/sort -n db | /usr/bin/awk -F: '{print $1; print $2}' | db5.1_load -T -t hash newdb

answered Mar 31, 2013 at 2:45

Stuart M

11.6k6 gold badges47 silver badges59 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Ed Morton Over a year ago

Just be aware that if you execute that script on Solaris then it will fail because /usr/bin/awk on Solaris is old, broken awk which does not support the -F option. On Solaris us /usr/xpg4/bin/awk or nawk.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to convert from command line to bash script?

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related