.sh script works in Terminal, but not when executed via "Run in Terminal"

Question

I'm getting nuts with this...

I want to be able to open the application "Jupyter Notebook" with a one line .sh script (that I have made executable) that simply says:

jupyter notebook

If I put this line directly in Terminal, it works. If I drag and drop the .sh script to Terminal, and hit enter, it works. But if I run the script from Nautilus and say "Run in Terminal" you see Terminal opening for the fraction of a second, and then nothing happens.

Help is much appreciated. Best, Khalo

//edit

I added "/bin/bash" to the end of the script, and now Terminal stays open, and I am able to see the error message that says:

"/path_to_script/script.sh: 1: /path_to_script/script.sh: jupyter: not found"

Isn't this weird? As I said before, if typed directly into Terminal it works!

What if you replace your script with these two lines instead? `#!/bin/bash` `jupyter notebook & disown` - does that change anything? — Byte Commander, Jul 02 '16 at 13:23
What if you move your script straight to your home directory and then do the same thing? — anonymous2, Jul 02 '16 at 13:28
@ByteCommander Error message changes slightly to: "/path_to_script/script.sh: 3: jupyter: command not found" — user2675284, Jul 02 '16 at 13:30
No, `#!/bin/bash` must be the very first line of your script. And the second line should be `jupyter notebook & disown` - nothing else. — Byte Commander, Jul 02 '16 at 13:32

mchid · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-02T14:48:26.977

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Use this instead:

#!/bin/bash
/home/$USER/.local/bin/jupyter notebook

or

#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/jupyter notebook

If that still doesn't work, replace the path to jupyter with the output of the following command:

which jupyter

edited Jul 02 '16 at 14:48

answered Jul 02 '16 at 14:31

mchid

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wouldn't `which` be more effective in this case? I get no path results with whereis on a known script, but which returns the full path to it's location in ~/bin... – Elder Geek Jul 02 '16 at 14:34
This looks quite probable from my reading on the question. – anonymous2 Jul 02 '16 at 14:38
@ElderGeek Jupyter installs with pip locally and returns a full path but it still won't run in nautilus like that. I have updated the script and I will look into which next time something like this comes up. Thanks. – mchid Jul 02 '16 at 14:39
I updated the script again as there was a typo. It should have $USER. – mchid Jul 02 '16 at 14:40
@mchid Your most welcome. – Elder Geek Jul 02 '16 at 14:40
@mchid Thank you man, that solved it perfectly!! – user2675284 Jul 02 '16 at 15:06

.sh script works in Terminal, but not when executed via "Run in Terminal"

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