Problem running a script

[Deadjasper]

I have a script on the Desktop named QuantaFanSpeed.sh I run the command to make it an executable - chmod +x QuantaFanSpeed.sh from a command prompt and I get this -

The file is clearly on the desktop so what am I missing?

TIA

OK, so I moved the script to the home directory and now I can see it when I do a ls -a but I get "Command Not Found".

 

[toast0]

Ok so first things first, unless the colors are important, you want to copy and paste the text (in a code block) rather than post a screenshot. Text is easier to use.

For the future, you wouldn't have needed sudo to chmod something in your home directory, but it's fine.

Usually command not found shows the command it's trying to run. If it's the script, it's common for your PATH variable to not include the current directory; in which case you need to try to run ./QuantaFanSpeed.sh. But the issue could be the path to the interpretter (at the top of the script) or a program it wants to run, which you may need to install (typically through your package manager)

 

[Deadjasper]

This is the script -

#!/bin/sh
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.10.233 -U admin -P admin raw 0x30 0x39 0x01 0x0 0x0 0x16
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.10.233 -U admin -P admin raw 0x30 0x39 0x01 0x0 0x1 0x16
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.10.233 -U admin -P admin raw 0x30 0x39 0x01 0x0 0x2 0x16
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.10.233 -U admin -P admin raw 0x30 0x39 0x01 0x0 0x3 0x16

 

[Nobu]

cd to your desktop folder (`cd ~/Desktop`, usually).

Edit: '~' is short for "/home/[current_username]" in most shells, and most distros put the desktop contents in it's own folder instead of your home folder, usually it's named "Desktop".

 

[Deadjasper]

sparkey@sparkey-desktop:~/Desktop$ ./QuantaFanSpeed
bash: ./QuantaFanSpeed: No such file or directory
sparkey@sparkey-desktop:~/Desktop$

ls -a clearly shows the script as being there.

 

[Nobu]

Forgot the ".sh"?

Try typing "bash Qua" then hit the "tab" key, it should autocomplete if the file exists. It wont autocomplete if you try to execute the script directly from within a bash shell if it's not executable, so we're using the bash command just in case.

 

[Deadjasper]

Yep, it does. I then hit enter, did it run?

 

[Nobu]

It should have run, yes. You can check to see if it did what you wanted, or run a packet sniffer on that network interface to watch for those packets when you run the script.

 

[Deadjasper]

Yep, just fired her up and it did run. Mucho gracias. so I type bash QuantaFanSpeed.sh to run it? I was typing ./QuantaFanSpeed.sh.

 

[Nobu]

Either should work if it's executable and in your $PATH. Just make sure it's the full path if you aren't in that directory. "." means current directory, so if it's not you'll have to do "/home/[username]/Desktop/QuantaFanSpeed.sh"

iirc, if the file is executable and includes #!/bin/bash as the first line of the file, you can just click the file on your desktop and it'll run (although there probably will be no visual feedback).