When writing shell programs, we often use /bin/sh and /bin/bash. I usually use bash, but I don't know what's the difference between them. What's the main difference between Bash and sh? …

5 Typically a .sh file is a shell script which you can execute in a terminal. Specifically, the script you mentioned is a bash script, which you can see if you open the file and look in the first line …

Mar 9, 2018 · It can work if sh is a symlink to bash, or if the script does not use any Bash-specific construct. In the former case, using bash instead of sh is the only correct, portable solution; in …

Oct 23, 2014 · Your answer is presented as if you expect to be able to type sh on an arbitrary Windows command prompt and have it work.

May 1, 2011 · Whenever I open a .sh file, it opens it in gedit instead of the terminal. I can't find any option similar to Right Click → Open With → Other Application... → Terminal. How do I …

Dec 2, 2011 · I have two shell scripts, a.sh and b.sh. How can I call b.sh from within the shell script a.sh?

For example this would look like the process 'sh' with the argument 'filename.sh'. The sh interpreter is opening the file. On the other hand if you run the script itself, the system calls out …

Feb 9, 2016 · Related, but not picking up the case below though Bash scripting missing ']' NO LINE NUMBER SHOWN, just a bash: [: missing ']' BIG BUGGER: A bash function has no line …

Jun 10, 2013 · Type bash script_name.sh or ./script_name in linux terminal. Before using ./script_name make you script executeable by sudo chmod 700 script_name and type …

Apr 4, 2016 · Git bash is looking for the sh-bang (#!/ [interpreter]), and that's what it uses to assess executablity. As such, the answer here is actually just wrong, except for the part which …