Linux - simple shell script how to turn ECHO off ?

turbosquid

I'm still a Linux noob, but i like what i see so far, obviously learning any new OS takes time so heres a quick and hopefully simple to answer question.

I am writing a simple batch file (i believe they are known as shell scripts in linux?)
please excuse my ignorance Smile

The script is simply an automated way of installing Flash Player 9 on my linux box the script itself works fine but i wanted to know how to turn ECHO OFF, for example in a Windowz .bat file you would use '@ECHO OFF' but how do i accomplish the same in Linux??

Here is my very basic script:-

MrBlueSky

qscomputing

Assuming you are using bash, the commands are not echoed by default. But how are you executing the script?

First of all you need a shabang line to tell the computer which shell to use:
#!/bin/bash

Then you can chmod it executable:
chmod a+x script_file_name
(or use your filemanager's GUI controls to do the same)

Then you execute it like this:
./script_file_name

Unix shells typically don't echo commands as the script is executed. HTH.

turbosquid

I have had a bit more of a mess around with the script and now got it to do what i wanted it to Smile

I think i was trying to use the wrong method to prevent the script outputting stuff onto the screen. It turns out that "tar" "apt-get" "wget" were all outputting stuff i have since found out how to put them into quiet mode so now it's all good!

here is the revised code for anyone who maybe interested?