Kerry, When you write a shell script you can specify which scripting language you want in the first line of the file.
This is often called the "hash bang" line because it could be: #!/bin/sh # this line is a comment unlike the previous line echo blah exit So there is no need to call one script from another - in fact you may find other problems. Maybe the CLUG could have a preso about scripts one Tuesday evening ? Ciao, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Mayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:44 PM Subject: Re: Help with shell scripting > Aargh > > One final question. I was trying to add this scriptlet into an > existing ubuntu script. The existing one uses /sh (which is why I was > using that). > > Should I try to convert it to /sh (shudder), or should I call the > /bash script from within the /sh script? > > Kerry.