[solved] Help!!! With script Please!

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 10:55:49

I am trying to get a bash script working and keep getting permission denied on it. Any help would be appreciated

Here is my code:

#!/bin/bash
ifs=$IFS
IFS='\
'

if [ "$#" != 1 ]
then
    echo "This script takes exactly 1 parameter: a name of a directory"
    exit 1
fi

dir="$1"
if [ ! -d "$dir" ]
then
    echo "$dir is not a directory"
    exit 1
fi

list=`ls "$dir" -R1 --file-type`

for i in $list
do
    if [ ${i:(-1)} == ":" ]
    then
        curdir=`echo $i | sed -e 's/:/\//'`
        cd $curdir
        echo "- Stripping metadata from images in $curdir..."
        mogrify -strip *
    fi
done

IFS=$ifs
echo "Done"
exit 0

Last edited by orphius1970 (2009-03-24 11:57:23)

NME · 2009-03-24 11:12:31

what's the error? which command gives 'permission denied'?

u_no_hu · 2009-03-24 11:17:16

did you chmod +x script ?

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:18:41

when i run it this is my output in terminal

orphius]@/personal/myscripts $ ./mogstrip.sh /personal/celia
bash: ./mogstrip.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Permission denied

I am stumped on this one

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:22:30

First thing i usually do is chmod it

Last edited by orphius1970 (2009-03-24 11:23:35)

NME · 2009-03-24 11:27:09

what happens when you 'sh ./mogstrip.sh /personel/celia' ?

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:27:57

Maybe another script would be better. I am trying to make a script that will strip the meta-info from pictures. Even in subfolders. The idea was enter name of script and then the folder and let the script do the work.

Shunpike · 2009-03-24 11:28:12

Could you try running it with

bash ./mogstrip.sh

or

/bin/bash ./mogstrip.sh

and tell us what happens ?

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:29:07

Thank you NME that was it. I sure feel stupid about now

NME · 2009-03-24 11:30:00

no problem.
Shunpike was on to it too.

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:30:13

is there a way to rewrite it so its easier to call. I would like to hook through a bash alias

NME · 2009-03-24 11:36:13

if it's just for the one user you could write a bashrc alias that calls '/bin/sh etc.'

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:38:14

I am not sure what you mean NME
I must apologize, I have only been learning bash for about 30 days

Last edited by orphius1970 (2009-03-24 11:40:25)

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:43:43

Shunpike
thank you for your contribution. I had never considered that approach either.

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:50:33

I got it working! Thank you! NME what do you mean alias /bin/sh etc.?

Shunpike · 2009-03-24 11:51:25

You're welcome.
I do not understand what you meant about "rewriting it to make it easier to call" but it sounds like you want to add

alias youraliasname='sh /full/path/to/your/mogscript.sh $1'

to your ~/.bashrc and call

youraliasname /pic/folder

I guess that could work.

Edit: don't forget to 'source ~/.bashrc' if you ever try this.

Last edited by Shunpike (2009-03-24 11:54:25)

orphius1970 · 2009-03-24 11:56:52

understand. that will work. Thank you again! This is one of the reasons I LOVE arch.

Shunpike · 2009-03-24 11:59:03

Well I can't see why it wouldn't have worked in any other distro out there

Next time, please edit your posts instead of posting several times in a row. The forums look cleaner that way. Have fun

Last edited by Shunpike (2009-03-24 11:59:24)

rson451 · 2009-03-26 12:36:38

I believe the problem may be that you've got some special character following the shebang. Try deleting the first line and retyping it in a text editor on linux.

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