Err... # ./script is when you are in the current directory of the script. # script Is doable when the script is in a directory in your $PATH variable. In your case it isn't. In which case you'll need to do the full path (or if you are in the same directory the "./". I feel like I missed something... -Bryan Brock Noland wrote: >When running script which is not in my path I have always used >./script_name. However at my current job most people are used not >having to use the ./. My question is how do you get scripts to run >WITHOUT the ./? > >**For example on this machine it works with the ./** >[was at kent newShell]$ pwd >/was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell >[was at kent newShell]$ echo $PATH >/IBMJava2-131/bin:/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/was/bin:. >[was at kent newShell]$ wasAdmin.sh >Agent pid 9410 >Enter passphrase for /home/was/.ssh/wasAdminkey_dsa: >[was at kent newShell]$ ./wasAdmin.sh >Agent pid 9417 >Enter passphrase for /home/was/.ssh/wasAdminkey_dsa: >[was at kent newShell]$ > >**But on this machine the ./ is not optional** >ns0001-06 /home/was $cd /was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell/ >ns0001-06 /was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell $pwd >/was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell >ns0001-06 /was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell $echo $PATH >/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/db2/db2inst1/sqllib/bin:/db2/db2inst1/sqllib/adm:/db2/db2inst1/sqllib/misc >ns0001-06 /was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell $wasAdmin.sh >-bash: wasAdmin.sh: command not found >ns0001-06 /was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell $./wasAdmin.sh >Agent pid 18846 >Enter passphrase for /home/was/.ssh/wasAdminkey_dsa: >ns0001-06 /was/WebSphere/DeploymentManager/scripts/newShell $ > >I assume this is shell setting, but which one? > >Brock > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >. > > >