On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:57:20 +0200 Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 10 June 2004 21:13, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Thursday 10 June 2004 10:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > is it possible to create (save ) automatic files ( like batch > > > files in Windows) in Linux ? How ? > > > > > > I want to use this not to do always the same things in console. > > > > yes, you can put the commands you want automated in a text file. > > If there's a sequence of commands give each command it's own > > line. > > > > Run the file thus: "source name_of_file.txt" ........without the > > quotes and they'll get run. > > > > Good luck, > > HarM > > Just to show off as a wise guy : > > I don't think you can "run" a text file just like that. But you can > create a small script, as follows : Oh yes you can, at least under tcsh at the console. And the text file does not need executable permissions. Not to be recommended as a general method though. HarM's advice is sound. > In a text editor, type : > > #! /bin/bash > first command here > second command here > third command here > . > . > last command here > exit > > As a very useful example : > > #! /bin/bash > rpm --rebuilddb > updatedb > urpmi.update -a > ldconfig -v > update-menus -v > exit > > > When finished entering commands, save the file with some descriptive > name, like - as in the above example - "updateall". Then, go back > to the command prompt, and make this file executable. In the above > example the commands need to be run as root, so in order to make it > executable by root, first become root and then : > > chmod 777 updateall > > which will give unlimited access to the file (which doesn't matter > here). > > Now, you can run the file. If it is not in your path, just cd to the > directory containing the file and type : > > ./updateall > > That's all. > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich. > -- > * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * > * http://www.haulrich.net * > * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * > > -- Len Lawrence ---------------------------------------------------------- The two things that can get you into trouble quicker than anything else are fast women and slow horses. ----------------------------------------------------------
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