On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 08:02 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Mogens Kjaer wrote:
On 09/23/2009 01:35 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
'/test1: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `{
Starting the script with
#!/bin/bash
might be a good idea.
I used vi to insert this line and I get:
./test1 -bash: ./test1: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
I don't see that control M in vi or gedit...
---- control characters are invisible unless the software has a provision to make invisible characters visible (something like OOo can do).
adding a (^M) Control-M to each line ending is something a Macintosh would normally do. When in doubt, you can always use 'od' command to tell you exactly what is in a file, byte by byte.
You can 'fix' the line endings in any file using 'dos2unix' command. Type 'dos2unix --help' to get the syntax.
Craig