Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:01:59 +0100 From: "Pål Sommerhein" <pms@jancomulti.com> To: Kenneth Legg <sce04020@mail.wvnet.edu> Cc: BSD mailing list <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: vi: command not found Message-ID: <36EBEB87.7814D131@jancomulti.com> References: <36EBDEDB.89E7A40D@mail.wvnet.edu>
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Kenneth Legg wrote:
>
> I write a script in vi and make it executable, using chmod +x filename
> or chmod 777 filename, but when I try to execute the script by typing
> the script name I
> get the error message: Command not found. What am I doing wrong.
Hi
The directory where your file resides is not in your PATH environment
variable. The solution is to type:
./filename
If this script will be in regular use, I suggest you make yourself a
directory bin in your home directory. Then put your scripts there.
The ~/bin directory should be included in your PATH environment
variable by default. If it is, you can start up your script
from any directory by just typing:
scriptname
Hope this helps,
Paal
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