Ash file.sh not found errors when running scripts

techtaxi · 2022-06-24T11:37:34.234Z

trying to run scripts and I’m getting

root@GL-SFT1200:~/surfshark-wireguard# gen_wg_config.sh
-ash: gen_wg_config.sh: not found
root@GL-SFT1200:~/surfshark-wireguard# gen_wg_config.bash
-ash: gen_wg_config.bash: not found

LupusE · 2022-06-24T12:15:09.717Z

As written here: Speedtest from Router - #14 by LupusE

Please try ./ before the command.
./speedtest

I have no access to my Beryl, right now. Else I would have test ist myself, before recommending.

Explaination:
If you type any command in a linux shell, the filename will be searched in the directories, mentioned in the $PATH variable …
echo $PATH should give something like:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

but as /root/ is not in $PATH, the command cannot be found. So you’ll tell the shell with ./ ‘execute this file here, from this path.’

And in addition the root directory is /. The path /root will be called ‘home directory of the root user’. A little unlucky, that the path root and the user root is the same word, but isn’t the same meaning.

wcs2228 · 2022-06-24T15:35:12.204Z

Also check that the program has the Unix Execute permission. If not, then set the permission:

chmod +x ./(program file name)

alzhao · 2022-06-28T10:25:48.250Z

Have you tried the suggestions?

techtaxi · 2022-06-28T20:10:08.894Z

suggestions worked to run the speedtest app but apparently it’s arm based and won’t run with mips cpu

LupusE · 2022-06-28T20:19:57.477Z

The situation was another in the linked topic.
You don’t try to execute a compiled binary, you’re about to start a shellscript. But the solution could be the same in both questions → write ./ before the command.
The architecture (arm, mips, …) should play a lower role in a shell script, than in a binary.

As an alternative you can try bash [name_of_the_script].sh or ash [name_of_the_skript].sh …

But from your response, I’m not sure if the file will be available. Please check with ls ~/surfshark-wireguard, if the desired file is in the actual directory, before try to execute it.

wcs2228 · 2022-06-28T22:07:11.602Z

The Execute permission is required to directly run both compiled programs and shell scripts.

If the current directory is not included in the PATH variable, a preceding ./ is required to run both compiled programs and shell scripts.

Shell scripts may also run programs compiled for a specific architecture.