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

[William Park]

My guess is environment variable.  Maybe you got some variable as 
"normal shell variable" instead of "environment variable".  Script will 
get environment variables, but not normal shell variables.
--William

On 11/6/21 8:25 AM, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 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?
> 
> The command line is:
> 
> alsa_out -j secondInterface -d hw:3 -c 6
> 
> 
> or in a script :
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> alsa_out -j secondInterface -d hw:3 -c 6
> 
> I have also tried the shebang #!/bin/sh  with the same result. alsa_out 
> is in /usr/bin . I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.
> 
> Thanks for any advice here.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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