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Kredns
Asked: 2009-07-11 18:55:58 +0800 CST

How to avoid the ./ when executing a shell script?

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I used to know a way to run my shell scripts just by typing there name as long as there were in my home folder or desktop. I hate having to type ./myscript.sh. I would like to be able to type just myscript.sh. How can I fix my terminal to do this?

I'm using GNOME Terminal and Ubuntu 9.04.

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It's a bad idea to put the current directory into your path. Move your scripts that you want to frequently run into ~/bin and then add ~/bin to your path.

    To do this, add:

    export PATH=$PATH:~/bin

    to ~/.bash_profile.

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  2. You can add . to the path, but as MikeyB says, it is a bad idea.

    The reason it is a dangerous thing to do is that if a malicious bit of software with the same name as an executable you are running exists in the current directory, that will be run instead.

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  3. I put my shell scripts in /usr/local/bin, seems the best place for them? it's usually empty. Make them executable and forget the .sh extension, and you can just call them plainly.

    That's on Ubuntu server.

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  4. To answer the question that was asked, add your home directory and the desktop to the path.

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