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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting #!/bin/bash and #1bin/sh command not found error on mac osx terminal/shell script Post 302364318 by danpaluska on Thursday 22nd of October 2009 05:07:44 PM
Old 10-22-2009
#!/bin/bash and #1bin/sh command not found error on mac osx terminal/shell script
i am having a weird error on mac os x running some shell scripts. i am a complete newbie at this and this question concerns 2 scripts. one of which a friend of mine wrote (videochecker.sh) a couple weeks ago and it's been running fine on another machine.

then last week i wrote capture.sh and it has been running fine on a couple computers.
but then i tried to run videochecker.sh on a new machine that runs capture.sh fine and i got the following error:
Code:
: No such file or directory#!/bin/bash

why will one script(capture.sh) execute fine and the other (videochecker.sh) gives this weird bash error?
but then i saw they had different first lines.

one is /bin/sh and one is /bin/bash

weird thing to because the one that doesn't work on this machine (/bin/bash) has been working fine on the other broadcaster mac min for several weeks. scripts still very mysterious to me.

so i change it so #!/bin/sh and #! /bin/sh still no go...
Code:
: No such file or directory#!/bin/sh
: command not foundline 2: 
: command not foundline 5: 
: command not foundline 7: 
: command not foundline 9: 
'/videochecker.sh: line 72: syntax error near unexpected token `do
'/videochecker.sh: line 72: `for f in *.mp4; do

another thing i tried as suggested:
Code:
bash -ex ./videochecker.sh
' '#!/bin/sh
: No such file or directory#!/bin/sh
Clarence$ bash -ex ./videochecker.sh
' '#!/bin/bash
: No such file or directory#!/bin/bash
Clarence$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

two screenshots of terminal and some other discussion of the error
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scripting error, #!/bin/bash not found? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


anybody have any ideas here? sorry if i posted in wrong place. wasn't sure if this was a scripting problem or a mac os x problem.

thanks,
dan
Last edited by pludi; 10-23-2009 at 02:32 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
 

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endusershell

getusershell(3C)					   Standard C Library Functions 					  getusershell(3C)

NAME

       getusershell, setusershell, endusershell - get legal user shells

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       char *getusershell(void);

       void setusershell(void);

       void endusershell(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  getusershell()  function  returns  a  pointer  to  a  legal  user  shell  as defined by the system manager in the file /etc/shells. If
       /etc/shells does not exist, the following locations of the standard system shells are used in its place:

	 /bin/bash		    /bin/csh
	 /bin/jsh		    /bin/ksh
	 /bin/ksh93		    /bin/pfcsh
	 /bin/pfksh		    /bin/pfsh
	 /bin/sh		    /bin/tcsh
	 /bin/zsh		    /sbin/jsh
	 /sbin/pfsh		    /sbin/sh
	 /usr/bin/bash		    /usr/bin/csh
	 /usr/bin/jsh		    /usr/bin/ksh
	 /usr/bin/ksh93 	    /usr/bin/pfcsh
	 /usr/bin/pfksh 	    /usr/bin/pfsh
	 /usr/bin/sh		    /usr/bin/tcsh
	 /usr/bin/zsh		    /usr/sfw/bin/zsh
	 /usr/xpg4/bin/sh

       The getusershell() function opens the file /etc/shells, if it exists, and returns the next entry in the list of shells.

       The setusershell() function rewinds the file or the list.

       The endusershell() function closes the file, frees any memory used by getusershell() and setusershell(), and rewinds the file /etc/shells.

RETURN VALUES

       The getusershell() function returns a null pointer on EOF.

BUGS

       All information is contained in memory that may be freed with a call to endusershell(), so it must be copied if it is to be saved.

NOTES

       Restricted shells should not be listed in /etc/shells.

SunOS 5.11							    1 Nov 2007							  getusershell(3C)
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