Re: Need help with shell script.

pH <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-08-10, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc, pH  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> so I thought I'd make a clickable icon on the Desktop to make it easy for
>> her.
>> the file "move_pictures" contains:
>> !/bin/bash,
>> mv ~/Desktop/*JPG ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/
>> mv ~/Desktop/*PDF ~/Desktop/Beckys_stuff/
>
> If that's your script, one issue looks like the first line:
>
> 	#!/bin/bash
>
> Start with a # and no comma.
>

The pics and pdf's she saves are guaranteed uppercase.
I fixed the shebang...heck, I hadn't even noticed the comma!

No luck so far but thanks for the reply.

pH


>> But when I click on it I get an error messaage that pops up in a small
>> window that says: "There was an error launching the application"
>
> There may be more things wrong that are specific to how you created the
> launcher, but I don't know anything about Mint launchers.
>
> Elijah
> ------
> would probably make the script work with lowercase suffixes, too
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