Bash script different output when doubleclick vs. run in terminal [closed]

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I have this script (among others) that generates my wallpaper upon every login/midnight. It has 755 permissions. Part of code:

#/bin/bash

convert -size 1440x900 xc:none wall.png
composite -gravity center ../pics/im256.png wall.png wall.png
composite -geometry 118x67+661+578 ../pics/im-title-white.png wall.png wall.png

TIME=`$HOME/bin/time.py | grep "\."`

if [[ $TIME == *\'* ]]
then
    # <...1...>
else
    # <...2...>
fi

I'm interested if my $TIME variable has ' symbols in it. When there are no ' symbols - everything is good.

Now when I know there is at least one ' symbol (or I can force make that way), when I double-click the script I find myself in else statement, when I run the script in terminal - I find myself in then statement. I would like to always get to then statement, but how?

I cropped the part that is failing (left - correct, right - wrong):

correct image wrong picture

I'm upvoting and voting-to-close at the same time, because actually it's a valid and complete question, with a helpful title. It's just that the issue was very minor. Nevertheless, it's a nice reminder that shell and graphical environments really invoke the scripts in a bit different way. — quetzalcoatl
– quetzalcoatl, Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 11:16

Carl di Ortus · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-16 13:01:39Z

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It took me to write a post until I notice that shebang is not actually a shebang. #!/bin/bash fixed the problem.

It appears that incorrect shebang defaulted to /bin/sh which was incapable of running correctly. My login shell is /bin/bash which means running from shell even without bash keyword eg.: ./script.sh defaults to bash and not sh. Why couldn't it do the same on double-click..

edited Dec 16, 2014 at 13:01

answered Dec 16, 2014 at 10:14

Carl di Ortus

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rekaszeru Over a year ago

Elaborate your answer, and accept it if it solved the problem.

Carl di Ortus Over a year ago

Tried it: "You can accept your own answer in 2 days"

rekaszeru Over a year ago

Oh, you are right. :) You should still add some clear-up to your answer, pointing out what the problem / mistake was, so others can learn from it.

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