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Old 01-24-2014
No Such File or Directory error
Hi! I just recently started messing around with Unix, but I've come upon one problem multiple times. Whenever I try to run a shell script, for example;

Code:
#! /bin/bash 
#-------------------------------------- 
# example1 
#-------------------------------------- 
echo "Hello, World!"

I always get the error:

Code:
: No such file or directory

The file is in the correct directory, I've verified that with ls -l, I've also used chmod 700 example1, to give myself permissions to execute the shell, but I just keep getting the same problem. Thanks for any help!
Last edited by SoapilyProne; 01-24-2014 at 07:07 PM..
# 2  
Old 01-24-2014
As it is probably not in the path ensure......

Assuming it is executable:-

1) chmod 755 /full/path/to/filename.ext<CR>
2) use one of two methods to run it:-
A) /full/path/to/filename.ext<CR>
B) ./filename.ext<CR>
From the current directory/drawer/folder.
<CR> is the carriage return or enter key...

EDIT:
Note in your script the first line should read:-
Code:
#!/bin/bash

No space at all in the line.
Last edited by wisecracker; 01-24-2014 at 07:12 PM.. Reason: See above...
# 3  
Old 01-24-2014
Can you post what exactly you did?

Set xtrace / verbose and run your script and post the output.
Code:
#!/bin/bash -xv

As wisecracker said, current working directory will not be part of PATH and it is not supposed to be.

So execute your script like he posted.
# 4  
Old 01-24-2014
It's not the spacing in the shebang.

Code:
$ echo $'#! /bin/bash\necho hello world\n' > file; chmod a+x file; ./file
hello world

But perhaps this: (Different OS/shell would produce different error. This is from Linux & Bash)

Code:
$ echo $'#! /bin/bash\r\necho hello world\n' > file; chmod a+x file; ./file
-bash: ./file: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
$ sh
$ ./file
sh: 4: ./file: not found

Did you create the file in Windows? You need to remove the Windows line endings. This is just one of many ways:

Code:
tr -d '\r' < file > newfile

Last edited by neutronscott; 01-25-2014 at 03:15 AM..
# 5  
Old 01-24-2014
I created the file in Windows and then uploaded the file to a Unix timeshare.
# 6  
Old 01-25-2014
Hi neutronscott et al...
Just for information purposes...
OSX 10.7.5 default bash terminal...
Code:
Last login: Sat Jan 25 09:46:55 on ttys000
AMIGA:barrywalker~> echo "text" > testtxt
AMIGA:barrywalker~> cd ..
AMIGA:barrywalker/Users> ./testtxt
-bash: ./testtxt: No such file or directory
AMIGA:barrywalker/Users> _

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