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Old 05-27-2009
Question Cann ot execute a shell command
Hi ,

I am new to UNIX and Shell scripting . I am not able to execute a shell file . I try to do it using the below command.

./start.sh

but it shows an error that 'cannot execute ' what might be the reason for this? pls help me to resolve it.
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Old 05-27-2009
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Originally Posted by Deepakkumard
./start.sh

but it shows an error that 'cannot execute '
Sounds like the file start.sh is missing the x mode bits.

Code:
chmod u+x start.sh

Also you should explicitly state in the first line of the script what is the interpreter program that should be invoked to run the rest of the script.
For a shell script one of the following should do:
#!/bin/sh
#!/bin/ksh
#!/bin/bash
#!/bin/csh
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