can't run shell scripts

Welcome all... I am a new user to bash shell. Can anyone tell me how to run self made shell scripts...? Earlier it was no problem. But I don’t know why it now not runs...Same is cases with my internet settings...Presently I am sending this thread using vista...I have ubuntu 7.04... Below is A SNAPSHOT of the commands that appear actually...

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ cat > ss1 #ss1 date

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ cat ss1 #ss1 date

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ ls -l total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 mohit mohit 11 2008-12-04 19:24 ss1

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ umask 0022

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ chmod 744 ss1

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ ls -l total 4 -rwxr--r-- 1 mohit mohit 11 2008-12-04 19:24 ss1

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ ss1 bash: ss1: command not found

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ su Password:

root@mohit-desktop:/home/mohit/practice/self/shell# ss1 bash: ss1: command not found

root@mohit-desktop:/home/mohit/practice/self/shell# ls -l total 4 -rwxr--r-- 1 mohit mohit 11 2008-12-04 19:24 ss1

root@mohit-desktop:/home/mohit/practice/self/shell# ss1 bash: ss1: command not found

root@mohit-desktop:/home/mohit/practice/self/shell# chmod 777 ss1

root@mohit-desktop:/home/mohit/practice/self/shell# ls -l total 4 -rwxrwxrwx 1 mohit mohit 11 2008-12-04 19:24 ss1

root@mohit-desktop:/home/mohit/practice/self/shell# ss1 bash: ss1: command not found

Try adding the "shebang" at the beginning of your script, because you need to specify which shell should be used to run the script:

#!/bin/bash
date

Then after you have made it executable with "chmod" like you did before, run it with:

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ [COLOR="Blue"]./ss1 [/COLOR]

How about giving that a shot and let me know how it goes.

You should also be able to run it directly with the command

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ bash ss1 

thnx buddy... i will try it...

caljohnsmith said: Try adding the "shebang" at the beginning of your script, because you need to specify which shell should be used to run the script:

#!/bin/bash
date

Then after you have made it executable with "chmod" like you did before, run it with:

mohit@mohit-desktop:~/practice/self/shell$ [COLOR="Blue"]./ss1 [/COLOR]

How about giving that a shot and let me know how it goes.

thnx caljohnsmith....nice to see your suggestion.. will try it