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I'm going through a shell script coded by some old folks working on my current project. At the end of a file, it simple have the folder/file paths like,

/home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/rm-vhosts
/home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/vhosts
/home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/apache

at the end of file. When these lines are executing, it throws

vhost.sh: line 22: /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/rm-vhosts: Is a directory
vhost.sh: line 23: /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/vhosts: Permission denied
vhost.sh: line 24: /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/apache: Is a directory

But i don't have any idea on these since i'm almost new to both Ubuntu and Shell script. What would be the reason or purpose for simply having those lines in a shell script? Please help.

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vhost.sh: line 22: /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/rm-vhosts: Is a directory

Shows there is directory named rm-vhosts inside /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin directory.

vhost.sh: line 23: /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/vhosts: Permission denied

Shows there is file named vhosts inside /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin directory.

vhost.sh: line 24: /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin/apache: Is a directory

Shows there is directory named apache inside /home/udhay-dev/work/udhay/bin directory.

vhost.sh is the script name.line xx means the line number in the script which throws the above message.

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  • What would be the reason for simply having those lines? – Stranger May 7 '14 at 9:42
  • just to say, it's a directory. But there is no use of having these lines on the script. – Avinash Raj May 7 '14 at 9:46
  • My guess is that the developer put those lines there in order to easily copy-and-paste them, but forgot to remove them. – Jos May 7 '14 at 10:09
  • @Udhay typically that is the result of treating the directory as a command and then attempting to run it. Why did the script try to run a directory as a command is another question, usually that'd be due to a mistake in the script. – Mahn Dec 16 '14 at 21:46

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