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Asked: 2012-11-17 09:27:47 +0800 CST

"Text File Busy" when running a simple script on bash

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When I make a simple script, I get "Text File Busy" when I try to run it.

dbell@det-ui-supergbe:~$ cat > test2
ls
^Z
[2]+  Stopped                 cat > test2
dbell@det-ui-supergbe:~$ chmod a+x test2
dbell@det-ui-supergbe:~$ ./test2
-bash: ./test2: Text file busy
bash

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    By hitting Ctrl-Z you suspended the cat, therefore the file is still open and being written to "in the background".

    I suspect you want Ctrl-D for 'end of file'.

    It's true that Ctrl-Z can mean 'EOF', but in this case, because you're in a terminal that supports background tasks, Ctrl-Z means 'suspend'.

    Try this link for more information.

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