On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 09:51, Steve Reynolds wrote:
I have a few commands that I would like to run at the command prompt.
In Windows I do this with a bat file that looks like the sample below. How do I do a similar thing with Linux?
For those not familiar with windows bat files the snippet below presents the user with a menu at the command prompt.
In windows I have a shortcut to a text file called backup.bat, when I double click that shortcut I launch a DOS window with the menu below already loaded for the user. I would like to do a similar thing with Linux.
<begin bat file snippet>
<snip>
<end bat file snippet>
In the *nix world they are called shell scripts and are made executable by their permissions, they require the executable bit be set as in rwxr_xr_x (755). Do a man page on whatever your flavor of shell you use for info on what is available for shell commands. You can always call external programs as well. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)