Or:
echo $0
ET 


James Mcphee writes: 

> dash uses /etc/profile, ~/.profile, and $ENV (if available).  grep your
> username from /etc/passwd to find your shell. 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:04 PM, sean <sean.a.ritzler@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
>> No, we want the output of : 
>>
>> which killsol.sh 
>>
>> "which" tells you where "killsol.sh" is in your path. 
>>
>> And by "doesn't work" I mean when it is apparently not found in your
>> path. I want to see what "which" says when your shell does not run
>> "killsol.sh" by itself. 
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Sean, there is no output from killsol.sh.  It either kills the desired
>> > process or does nothing.  And it DOES work when it actually gets run.
>> >
>> > Nathan, .profile actually checks to see if the is a .bashrc and if so,
>> runs
>> > it so putting in what you suggest would create an infinite loop.  BUT,
>> you
>> > gave me a clue.  I think ubuntu actually uses dash for the login shell
>> > though bash is the default user shell.  THAT may be why .profile does not
>> > get run for the login shell.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Nathan England <plug-discuss@nmecs.com
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I know different shells source different files when started, I'm curious
>> >> to know which shell you are using.
>> >> (konsole, gnome-terminal, ...)
>> >>
>> >> If it works after sourcing your .profile then I would bet you need to
>> have
>> >> a .bashrc file with a line that says source ~/.profile.
>> >>
>> >> Like Kitepilot, I too am curious to know what
>> >>
>> >> which foo.sh
>> >> or
>> >> whereis foo.sh
>> >>
>> >> tells us.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 2/27/2014 8:24 AM, Dazed_75 wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Prior to mu sourcing .profile, those commands showed nothing.  Once I
>> ran
>> >> . .profile, I get what I expected:
>> >>
>> >> larry@hammerhead:~$ which killsol.sh
>> >> /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
>> >> larry@hammerhead:~$ type killsol.sh
>> >> killsol.sh is /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
>> >> larry@hammerhead:~$
>> >>
>> >> so the question really comes down to why is .profile not being run on
>> >> login (I already said I do not have the two files which might prevent
>> it).
>> >> This is Ubuntu 12.04 BTW.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:50 AM, <kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Pls show the output of:
>> >>> which foo.sh
>> >>> or
>> >>> type foo.sh
>> >>> ET
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Dazed_75 writes:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I thought $PATH contained the series of paths searched to find an
>> >>>> executable file by the name specified on the command line.
>>  Specifically
>> >>>> if
>> >>>> my $ENV contains a $PATH which reads:
>> >>>> /home/larry/bin:<more paths>
>> >>>> that an executable file like foo.sh found in /home/larry/bin/ could be
>> >>>> run
>> >>>> by simply typing foo.sh on the command line.  What am I doing wrong as
>> >>>> it
>> >>>> does not work though it does if I type ./bin/foo.sh while in
>> >>>> /home/larry/?
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