Shell Script Help

Hi,

I am stuck at some point with shell scripting.

I want to write a shell script which can read commands in a text file and execute the commands.

Suppose I have
cp -r [etc]
mkdir -p [etc]

these commands are in a text file.

I have written a script which can read from the file and display the lines but I want to execute the cp -r [etc] and mkdir -p [etc] with this script.

So can anyone of you help me with this.

Thank you.

Hello and welcome,

I am not sure I understand what you are asking.

If you mean you want to execute the commands that are in a text file, make that text file executable and then run it, e.g.:

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chmod +x script.sh

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Code:

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./script.sh

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you can also simply source a script in Bash, e.g.:

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. script.sh

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these commands will be run in your current shell, though, not a separate shell, as in the previous case.

You can also post the content of your text/scripts, so that we may fully understand what you are after.

No.. That's not what I was looking for.

Anyways one of my friend helped me and thank you very much for your reply.

He suggested I use eval $variable in the script so that the commands I get from the text file can be executed.

Great, glad you got it sorted.

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