Linux version of a .cmd file

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I am creating a terminal program and cannot find out what the ending is for Linux. I know in windows it is .cmd. Any help would be great.

Thank you.

are you creating a bash script? – Dale Dec 13 '13 at 03:32 — Dale, Dec 13 '13 at 03:32
Filename suffixes don't matter in Linux (in general). – Oliver Charlesworth Dec 13 '13 at 03:32 — Oliver Charlesworth, Dec 13 '13 at 03:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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Yes, you can remove the .sh at the end and it should work, generally using ./cmd will get it to run. this goes for C programs as well. You do not need to give an extension for the object file, You could then add a path to your bash file and then you can execute it as a normal command.

Look here.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8779980/2720497

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answered Dec 13 '13 at 04:26

Jovi DSilva

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 03:34

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You don't need a file extension on Linux, though typically, people use .sh (sh being short for 'shell').

You can run it one of two ways:

bash myscript.sh

or you can make the script itself executable and run it directly:

chmod a+x myscript.sh # make it executable
./myscript.sh # run it

Linux scripts' first line is typically #!/bin/bash which is the path to the specific shell used to run the script with the second method.

answered Dec 13 '13 at 03:34

Adam D. Ruppe

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Thank you. Is there anyway to make the myscript.sh run from the desktop? – Jon Dec 13 '13 at 03:41
If it is executable and placed on the desktop, it should work if you just click it, though this might vary from desktop to desktop. I'm not 100% sure about ubuntu. – Adam D. Ruppe Dec 13 '13 at 03:43

Linux version of a .cmd file

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