i agree, looks like bash is not in /bin. you can start scripts:
#!/bin/env bash or #!/bin/env perl to find the interpreter in your path. unfortunately, even this is not completely portable, as i have seen env in /bin and /usr/bin. -rei ----- Forwarded message from John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bash scripting Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:36:41 +0100 From: John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:35:14 -0700 "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wrote the following script to learn to read and write files. No > matter how I try to start it it doesn't work. > > #!/bin/bash > > shopt -s -o nounset > > declare LINE > > exec 3< test.dat > > while read LINE <&3 ; do > printf "%s\n" "$LINE" > done > > exit 0 > I copied this into a file and it runs fine on my Debian system. I think your error message gives a hint. > this is the error > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]# ./test.sh > : bad interpreter: No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]# > : bad interpreter: No such file or directory Usually means that the system can't find the interpreter. ie when it looks at the line:#!/bin/bash it can't find /bin/bash. I have seen similiar problems with perl. Someone puts #!/bin/perl in a script. It works on one machine but if the script is moved to another machine, it bombs out because the perl interpreter is in a different place. I assume bash is on your system. Try running which bash to find the path to the bash excutable. On most Linux systems it is /bin/bash but I have seen /usr/local/bin/bash and /opt/bin/bash (on a Solaris system). Incidently, my standard way of writing scripts in vi is to type #! Then type <ESC> Then type : r ! which bash This causes the path to bash appear on the line under the #! line. I then move the cursor up one line and type J to join the lines. This guarantees the correct path to the interpreter on the machine I am using. But then you may not be using vi :-) Hope this helps. regards, John Kelly - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Rei Shinozuka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ridgewood, New Jersey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
