UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Well why not tell what OS you are running?
Then type which ksh So we know what to put on the first line...
Then if it works fine on command line, I believe you have typos in your script...
I would recall the command line AND type v (call vi...) then save the command line with a name such as gogo.ksh, then chmod then ./gogo.ksh.
If this works, then you have just proven the problem lies in your script

if #!/bin/ksh does not work, then you prolly do not have the original korn shell.
what is the output of:

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 echo $0  $SHELL

from your command line?

It really is hard to help if you cannot give us what we ask...

Try typing:

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which ksh

Then, enter the correct bath to ksh in your script header.

On my host, ksh is in /usr/bin/ksh. My script header would be:

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#!/usr/bin/ksh

edit: added code tags

note: This simply encapsulates the responses of vbe and jim mcnamara

This is the output:

-bash /bin/bash

Also, the OS is Redhat 9 (Shrike).

So have you tried now with 1rst line:
#!/bin/bash

Yeah I tried that and I still got: : bad interpreter: No such file or directory

I also tried #!/usr/bin/bash

Still got the same thing. Thanks for the help so far, keep the suggestions coming.

type

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which bash

What does it give you? Exactly.

What I see so far is a PATH problem or somebody installing the OS incorrectly, or some type of chrooted account. Note: are you in school - like a secondary school and using a restricted unix or student account?