Re: Need help with shell script.

At Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:12:40 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On 10/08/2026 06:04, pH wrote:
> > On 2026-08-10, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On 8/9/26 21:01, Eli the Bearded 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.
> >>>
> >>>> 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
> >>
> >>     As "Beckys stuff" may be a TWO-word dir, it's important
> >>     to PUT that all in QUOTES or 'mv' will get confused.
> >>     The example shows an underscore, but is that there in
> >>     the actual script ?
> >
> > Beckys_stuff does indeed have an underscore and it is that way in
> > the actual script.
> >
> >>
> >>     Also, has it been marked as 'executable' and WHO
> >>     owns it ??? Finally, command line, the evocation
> >>     usually requires a dot in front of everything.
> > Well, since I created it I just assumed I owned it.
> > I have done a "chown MYUSER move_pictures
> >
> > and we'll see what happens.
> >
> > Can you elaborate on where I need the dot...in the launcher command
> > field? I'll give it a try...
> >
> >
> >>
> >>     The "#!/bin/bash" is kind of optional these days
> >>     because almost everyone has Bash as their main
> >>     thing anyway. SOME do install and use other shells,
> >>     but only SOME. I think I have c-shell installed
> >>     alongside Bash.
> >>
> >>     Anyway, try the exact command in terminal and if
> >>     that works then it OUGHT to run as a script.
> >>
> > It works fine when I type it manually in a terminal which is why I
> > thought it'd be a piece of cake as a script.
> >
> Does it work when you yourself call it *as a script* ?
>
> For some reason none of my desktop icons call scripts.. (Mint MATE) I
> suspect because it didn't work for me either...or they needed root
> perms and have C wrappers to do the setuid(0) bit...

Excuse me, but...no.  (I'm not sure why you thought that would
be necessary, but it isn't.)

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