如何在VM Virtualbox Ubuntu 16.04中启动时运行Shell脚本

Question

I am trying to run a shell script which runs at system login. To try, I used an example script, which has two lines #!/bin/bash echo “Hello World”

I Followed all the instructions mentioned on this website http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-how-to-run-a-command-when-boots-up.html

Even I did some steps such as editing /etc/rc.local , but still when I login, I do not see Hello world output running on terminal.

Can anyone please explain what is wrong here or may be I am missing something?

Answer 1

Looks to me like Ubuntu 16.04 is a systemd system.

Which means you should create a systemd service to run whatever you'd like @ startup.

Look here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers#Example_Systemd_service
After you made your service, use systemctl to enable it on boot for systemd.
sudo systemctl enable mycustom.service
To start the service.
sudo systemctl start mycustom.service

Answer 2

You can also schedule a cron job to run once after the reboot command. The line will need "@reboot root /path/script.sh" You can specify whatever user you want to run the script. To make the result easier to find, you might make that second line something like echo "Hello World" > /root/hello.txt

Answer 3

Add the line in /etc/profile under echo command as follows

echo “Hello World”

Then execute the following command

source /etc/profile