Shell script call with current dir as first parameter and shell script as second I sometimes see this pattern in installation instructions: sh ./ poky-<...>-2.1.1.sh Note the first parameter, `./`. How does this method of calling `sh` compare to the following? sh ./poky-<...>-2.1.1.sh

This is a typographical error in the instructions that you are reading.


sh ./ script


This would try to run the script called `./` with the string `script` as its first command line argument. This will fail (or at least do nothing).

If you see this _particular_ typographical error again, just remove any space between the `./` and the name of the actual script.