[Tutor] Making a script part of the terminal

[Timo]

On 20-05-11 19:43, michael scott wrote:
> Okay, my title might be undescriptive, let me try to explain it 
> better. I want to take a script I've written and make it usable by 
> typing its name in the terminal. Perfect example is the python 
> interpreter. You just type in the word python to the terminal and then 
> the interpreter runs. I know other programs can do this as well (like 
> mozilla or nautilus or rhythmbox).  So how do I make my scripts 
> executable from the terminal?
I can only speak for Linux, but your script should be in a directory 
that is in the PATH variable of your environment. The reason why you can 
just enter a program name in the terminal, is because these should be in 
/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin and these are in PATH.

Type this in the terminal to see which ones:
echo $PATH

You can either put your script in one of those directories or add on to 
PATH.

Cheers,
Timo

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