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Old 04-30-2013
/bin/bash: Event not found.
Hi

I'm new to scripting - please help me...

I'm trying to run a script written by a friend:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

for aStat in ....

do
....
done

when coping the script to the terminal I get:


Code:
/bin/bash: Event not found.

for: Command not found.
do: Command not found.

I read the post recommending this:
Code:
export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin"

however still I got:
Code:
export: Command not found.

what am I doing wrong?

Thanks alot!
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-30-2013 at 03:12 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 04-30-2013
It could be bash's history expansion. It tries to expand the exclamation mark. Try switching it off first:
Code:
set +H

# 3  
Old 04-30-2013
thanks - didn't work
I got:

Code:
set: Variable name must begin with a letter.

Thanks for the fast response.

If relevant I'm working on Mac OS10.68
# 4  
Old 04-30-2013
Your terminal runs csh or tcsh.
Switch to bash with
Code:
exec bash

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# 5  
Old 04-30-2013
Just for a chance, can you try #! /bin/bash instead of #!/bin/bash ?

A space between "!" and "/"
# 6  
Old 04-30-2013
Quote:
when coping the script to the terminal
What do you mean? You don't "copy a script to a terminal". In case helpful, in case you are really "copying script to terminal": The script lives in a file. You set execute permission on the file, and run the file as a command.
# 7  
Old 04-30-2013
Pls post what shell you're using, and the entire scipt including the error messages, having confidential/proprietary/classified data scrambled.
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