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

[Dave Collier-Brown]

This was a test for command-line vs putting it in a script. Your cases 
both use putting it i n a script, so this won't tell you anything.

--dave

On 2021-11-06 10:29, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
>
> I'm not sure I am clear here what you want me to try. I tried putting 
> the command in a function in the script as below but it still didn't work.
>
> On 2021-11-06 9:20 a.m., Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
> The thing is I want to avoid using the command line. I want a user to 
> just double click the file to run it.
> Jim
>>
>>
>> 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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