Comments on: Shell Script Execution Guidelines for Newbies

By: 4 Ways of Executing a Shell Script in UNIX / Linux

4 Ways of Executing a Shell Script in UNIX / Linux — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:04:52 +0000

[...] If you have the shebang, then it will be executed using the command interpreter specified in the shebang. If you are beginner in shell scripting, refer our earlier article Shell Script Execution Guidelines for Newbies [...]

By: Bash Scripting Introduction Tutorial with 5 Practical Examples

Bash Scripting Introduction Tutorial with 5 Practical Examples — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:04:28 +0000

[...] Execute the script as shown below. If you have any issues executing a shell script, refer to shell script execution tutorial [...]

By: Ramesh Natarajan

Ramesh Natarajan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:52:46 +0000

@Ulrich,

Thanks for explaining about -v and -x. That is definitely a great tip for newbies.

@Abhilash,

I’m glad you liked this article. Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll write few additional articles about bash shell scripting fundamentals.

@Oso,

Thanks for your comment.

By: Oso

Oso — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:28:25 +0000

you can add a /bin directory to your home and put your executables there and type the name of the command anywhere

By: Abhilash

Abhilash — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:26:55 +0000

Hello Ramesh,

Thank you for your guidence of this. We will expect next level of script.. Please give us some more basic looping and branching too..

By: Ulrich Hiller

Ulrich Hiller — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:44:39 +0000

Another helpful hint for newbies would be imho the debugging option, especially if you have longer scripts with variables and fields:
-v for verbose
-x for “Print commands and their arguments as they are executed”
e.g.: bash -xv helloworld.sh
sh -xv helloworld.sh
csh -xv helloworld.sh
ksh -xv helloworld.sh