[GTALUG] Command doesn't work in script but works on command line?

[Dave Collier-Brown]

Does it perhaps only apply in the process that issues the command?  That would make it apply when run from the command-line, and (appear to) fail when you run it in a subshell, which is what happens when you call a script.

The man page doesn't say, so try making it a shell function,

alsa_me() {

    alsa_out -j secondInterface -d hw:3 -c 6


}

and then call that from the command-line.

--dave


On 2021-11-06 08:44, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
Ok, just added the path /usr/bin to the command but it didn't help. Still a mystery?

Jim

On 2021-11-06 8:37 a.m., James Knott via talk wrote:
On 2021-11-06 8:25 a.m., Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:


I'm having trouble with a simple script. It adds a second sounccard. This command works on the command line but not in a script. Any ideas why?

Did you specify the full path to the command in the script?
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