Bash script doesn't execute when using sh

taco_truck_tom

I set my bash script called pass.sh globally by adding its source path into $PATH in my ./bashrc . The problem is I can't execute using the sh only using the bash command when I'm in a different directory . Here is the script's content: #!/bin/bash target_account=$1 file_source="/home/ade/Documents/area/passwords/password.txt" grep -C 4 $target_account $file_source Here is what happens when I execute it using sh : sh: 0: cannot open pass.sh: No...

Originally asked by PEREZ MONSIVAIS JOSE DE JESUS on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

You are mixing up two concepts; 1) having an executable in the search path so you can execute it from any directory, just by typing its name and 2) running a script by passing the file name as an argument to the sh command. 2) does not relate to 1). A shell script passed as argument will not be found through searching the PATH . If you wish to be able to run the script by only typing its name, 1) make it executable and 2) move it to a folder that is in your current PATH (preferred), or add the path to the script to the PATH variable (like you did). You run it like: pass.sh If you wish to run the script by passing the file name of the script as an argument to the sh command, 1) there is no...

Full answer by vanadium: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/1564464 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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