How to create and run a batch program

[WolverineGator]

I want to run a program called "runall" which does the following:

#!/bin/bash

python 'prog1.py'
python 'prog2.py'

The programs take a long time and need to run in sequence. I set the permissions to executable (-rwxrw-r--), but it won't run. I get: "-bash: runall: command not found"

How do I do it?

 

[esun]

./runall

How are you executing it right now?

 

[Nothinman]

The current directory isn't in your PATH like it is in Windows. So either run it like esun says or put it in a directory that is in your path.

 

[WolverineGator]

That was it:

./runall &

And I modified the script with nohup like this: nohup python 'prog1.py'

Thank you.

 

[Nothinman]

screen is a better option than nohup IMO, you can start programs under screen and know that they'll not get killed when you logout but you can also reattach to the screen session later on.