Your Question: How Do I Call a Unix Script from Another?
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How do I run a shell script from another shell script?

You can execute a shell script in these ways:

  1. Invoke another shell with the name of your shell script as an argument: sh myscript.
  2. Load your script as a “dot file” into the current shell: . myscript.
  3. Use chmod to make the shell script executable, and then invoke it, like this: chmod 744 myscript ./myscript.

How do I run a Linux script in another directory?

If you make the scrip executable with chmod 755 <nameofscript> to run it you only need to type the path to the script. When you see ./script being used it telling the shell that the script is located on the same directory you are executing it. To use full path you type sh /home/user/scripts/someScript .

Sarah Jenkins

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