running scripts.

[mactruck]

Ok I know this might be better in the n00b section and I fell like and idiot for asking but I thought I would swallow my pride and ask. When I want to run a script at home I first have to tell my system what type of script I am running. If I want to run my ha.sh script I have to type:

bash ha.sh

Now when I am at work all I would have to type is:

ha.sh

And the same script will run. Why is it that I have to type bash first? How can I make it so my home computer will know what type of script I am running?

I do have this as my first line,

#!/bin/bash

So I thought that would tell my system what to run.

Help me please.

[watael]

hi,

I'd feel a bit unsecure at your work, as I've been taught not to adopt this behaviour.

the usual case is to make your script executable, and call it with absolute path

/home/me/myScript

or relative path

./myScript