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Old 12-12-2011
#!/bin/bash cannot find file or directory
Hello,

When i run a bash script on ubuntu i get this message..

Code:
#!/bin/bash cannot find file or directory...

Can anibody help me with this, because the file actually exists....

Is there any extra configuration to be made?
Last edited by methyl; 12-12-2011 at 06:44 PM.. Reason: added code tags to error message
# 2  
Old 12-12-2011
Can you post a sample of this bash script between CODE tags, please?
# 3  
Old 12-12-2011
First make sure that you used a unix editor to create the script and not something like Microsoft Notepad.

To visually check the format of the file, this "sed" command makes control codes visible. A normal unix text file will show just a dollar sign at the end of each line. A Microsoft format text file will show "\r$" at the end of each line - and it will not work as a shell script file.

Code:
sed -n l name_of_your file

# 4  
Old 12-12-2011
Is there actually a bash in /bin? (Maybe it's in /usr/bin, or maybe /bin/bash is a link to someplace from where bash was deleted.)
# 5  
Old 12-12-2011
This error message is usually because something is wrong with the Shebang line.
# 6  
Old 12-13-2011
I don't have access to the script now, but i'll try to change it to #!/usr/bin/bash...
thanks for you're help, ill give feedback as soon as i canSmilie
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