Re: Script treats variable as command

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On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 10:56, lrnobs wrote:
> I found a script for setting iptables on the internet that I like so far.
> 
> The author declares some variables and then uses them later on in the script
> ie IFACE="eth0"
> 
> When I try to run the script with ./iptables.rules   I get a message that
> IFACE is not a command.  I tried $IFACE with the same result.
> 
> Please tell me what I am missing here.

Sounds like your default shell is something like csh or tcsh.  

You should make sure the first line of your script is something like...

#!/bin/sh

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