Why does mkdir not work? [Solved]

[madmax25]

I'm inside a folder New folder and I'm trying to create folders 401 to 450, using this command

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mkdir ./{401..450}

which is inside of a file called create_folders.sh.

If I try to "Execute in terminal", using the context menu, I get an error message telling me:

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Executing child process failed
Child process "path/currently/opened" not executed
file or folder not found

...even that I'm already in that folder.

What's the fault here, please?

[Charlie Brown]

Then, does it work if you issue it directly in a terminal?

Also: Is the sh executable? ( chmod +x create_folders.sh )

[Adrian]

Anything else is that script? I tried the command and it works fine for me, I would change two things, I would not use spaces in "New Folder" I would use "New_Folder" or something like that and probably won't use ./ in the mkdir command, that's not necessary since it run that in current folder, I would use "mkdir {401..450}"

Please post the script...

[Charlie Brown]

... tried the command and it works fine for me ...

Same here. However it works here also in a folder with spaces: Charlie Brown :) (... either with and without ./ )

[madmax25]

Sorry, of course, I mean New_folder with the underline.

It is actually not an entire script. It is just the command

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mkdir {401..450}

in a .sh file (nothing else inside), which is indeed executable already.

I tried both

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mkdir {401..450}

and

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mkdir ./{401..450}

but none of them worked.

But that command (both of them) did work perfectly, when executed directly from within a terminal.
So, I don't understand why it doesn't work if it is inside of a .sh file?

I checked the properties of that file and noticed, the owner is root.
That file is on a NTFS partition btw..
Could this be the reason?

[timkb4cq]

It's because that syntax is only valid in bash/dash. You are in bash at the command line so it works. A shell script is not unless specified.
if you add the shebang line

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#!/bin/bash

to the first line of the script file it works.

[CharlesV]

This worked perfectly for me on an ntfs drive.

You might try formatting your script as follows: (although mine worked fine with out this.)

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#!/bin/bash
 
mkdir ./{401..450}

[madmax25]

After adding the shebang, it still failed to work, with same error message as in the opening post.

@ CharlesV
I copied your code exactly as it is, but still the same negative result.

[korilius]

Post the script somewhere so we can look at it that way. It probably doesn't matter, but.. post which MX version you're running as well.

[madmax25]

On my latest attempt I was using the code from CharlesV.

I'm still running MX 19.4 xfce 64 bit.

Actually, I planned to upgrade to the latest MX on both my PC and notebook right after the new year began, but then my notebook died and I'm currently waiting for the new one to be delivered (it is already ordered).