How do I run sh or bat files from Terminal

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I have a pretty basic problem here  that has happened so haphazardly to me that up until now  I ve just ignored it  I downloaded tomcat web server and  Murach s Java Servlets and JSP  book is telling me to navigate to the tomcat bin directory and start the server my typing in Terminal    startup  However  I get the error  -bash  startup  command not found   The relevant files in this directory are startup sh and startup bat  Typing both of these returns the same error message  So my questions are  what are  bat and sh files  and how do I run these files  I ve read several tutorials for different languages and software programs  and some times when the tutorial says execute a bunch of files in the command line  I get a  command not found  error  Sometimes it works  sometimes it doesn t  This is perplexing to me  so what are some common solutions to solving these sort of  command not found  Terminal problems

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I had this problem for   sh files in Yosemite and couldn t figure out what the correct path is for a folder on my Desktop   after some gnashing of teeth  dragged the file itself into the Terminal window  hey presto

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This is because the script is not in your  PATH  Use    scriptname   You can also copy this to one of the folders in your  PATH or alter the  PATH variable so you can always use just the script name  Take care  however  there is a reason why your current folder is not in  PATH  It might be a security risk   If you still have problems executing the script  you might want to check its permissions - you must have execute permissions to execute it  obviously  Use  chmod u x scriptname   A  sh file is a Unix shell script  A  bat file is a Windows batch file

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On windows type either startup or startup bat  On unix type   startup sh    assuming you are located in tomcat bin directory

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Type in  chmod 755 scriptname sh   In other words  give yourself permission to run the file  I m guessing you only have r w permission on it

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Drag-And-Drop  Easiest way for a lazy Mac user like me  Drag-and-drop the startup sh file from the Finder to the Terminal window and press Return   To shutdown Tomcat  do the same with shutdown sh   You can delete all the  bat files as they are only for a Windows PC  of no use on a Mac to other Unix computer  I delete them as it makes it easier to read that folder s listing   File Permissions  I find that a fresh Tomcat download will not run on my Mac because of file permission restrictions throwing errors during startup  I use the BatChmod app which wraps a GUI around the equivelant Unix commands to reset file permissions    Port-Forwarding  Unix systems protect access to ports numbered under 1024  So if you want to use port 80 with Tomcat you will need to learn how to do  port-forwarding  to forward incoming requests to port 8080 where Tomcat listens by default  To do port-forwarding  you issue commands to the packet-filtering  firewall  app built into Mac OS X  and BSD   In the old days we used ipfw  In Mac OS X 10 7  Lion  and later Apple is moving to a newer tool  pf

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Type bash script name sh or   script name in linux terminal  Before using   script name make you script executeable by sudo chmod 700 script name and type script name bat in windows

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The  sh is for  nix systems and  bat should be for Windows  Since your example shows a bash error and you mention Terminal  I m assuming it s OS X you re using   In this case you should go to the folder and type     startup sh      just means that you should call the script located in the current directory   Alternatively  just type the full path of the startup sh   If it doesn t work then  check if startup sh has execute permissions

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Based on IsmailS  comment the command which worked for me on OSX was   sudo sh   startup sh

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My suggestion does not come from Terminal  however  this is a much easier way   For  bat files  you can run them through Wine  Use this video to help you install it  https   www youtube com watch v DkS8i blVCA  This video will explain how to install  setup and use Wine  It is as simple as opening the  bat file in Wine itself  and it will run just as it would on Windows    Through this  you can also run  exe files  as well  sh files    This is much simpler than trying to work out all kinds of terminal code

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Batch files can be run on Linux  This article explains how  http   www linux org threads running-windows-batch-files-on-linux 7610

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