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What's the difference between . something and ./something?? This answer worked for me and I don't understand why.

Dracorat
– Dracorat

2012-11-02 20:34:41 +00:00
Commented Nov 2, 2012 at 20:34
. something allows you to run the script from any location, ./something requires you to be in the directory the file is stored in.

Projjol
– Projjol

2014-07-13 13:20:08 +00:00
Commented Jul 13, 2014 at 13:20
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@Dracorat stackoverflow.com/questions/13786499/…

tripleee
– tripleee

2016-04-03 05:52:12 +00:00
Commented Apr 3, 2016 at 5:52
Can you put the dot in the shebang line? #!. /bin/bash?

Sigfried
– Sigfried

2020-04-19 18:32:14 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2020 at 18:32

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