Shell script to run a series of commands (Ubuntu)

Question

I'm new to Ubuntu and command line scripts and wondering how to write a script that runs / automates a series of steps. For example, a script that does the below steps. I could save it as "doeverything.sh" and put it in my user root.

sudo -s in & enter password
cd into /x/y/z directory
run ./script1.sh
wait until done
run ./script2.sh
wait until done
npm start

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '17 at 18:33

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Maybe try this

#!/bin/bash
cd /x/y/z
bash ./script1.sh #Should run synchronously, won't continue until script1 is finished 
bash ./script2.sh
npm start

Make sure you chmod +x doeverything.sh Then run it with ./doeverything.sh

answered Apr 04 '17 at 18:33

Brandon Martin

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the cd and sudo -s + password are working... but it doesn't seem to run the two scripts. (bash lines). It roots me into the right directory and stops. – Kirk Ross Apr 05 '17 at 18:20
May not need the `./` before the script name, granted they do exist in the directory. – Brandon Martin Apr 05 '17 at 21:32
I also have a sudo -s / password lines at the beginning and it roots in but stops before running the cd command. – Kirk Ross Apr 06 '17 at 18:11
Ah I see, are you trying to embed the password into the script, or prompt the user? – Brandon Martin Apr 07 '17 at 15:17

Shell script to run a series of commands (Ubuntu)

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