Bash script to move files

I'm a beginner and I need help.

I'm trying to make a script to move some files from one directory in another directory. Before to create the script I tested the command and it was working:

mv /path/to/source /path/to/destination

After I've made the script with nano:

#!bin/bash/
echo "mv /path/to/source /path/to/destination"

I've made the script executable with: chmod +x fileand then executed as ./file but the following error appears:

bash: ./move.sh: /bin/bash/: bad interpreter: Not a directory

I tried and with sudo ./file and bash file but it’s not working.

I'm using Ubuntu installed with VirtualBox.

1 Answer

That's because you used #!bin/bash/ and this is wrong. The right way is:

#!/bin/bash

This is called a shebang and it tells the shell what program to interpret the script with, when executed.

Another thing: the absolute path for bash interpreter in Ubuntu is /bin/bash, not bin/bash/ or something else. You can check this using which bash command.

And another thing, but probably you know this: the following line:

echo "mv /path/to/source /path/to/destination"

will only display a text message with mv /path/to/source /path/to/destination. To really move files use the following script:

#!/bin/bash
mv /path/to/source /path/to/destination

That is how your script should look like.