Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:23:05 -0400 From: "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> To: bob self <bobself@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't execute a script Message-ID: <20050909212305.GC15735@ayvali.org> In-Reply-To: <4321DC05.3050509@charter.net> References: <4321DC05.3050509@charter.net>
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* bob self <bobself@charter.net> [2005-09-09 15:01:25 -0400]: > #!/bin/sh > echo "pinging...." > #end of scripttest > > If I run "which scripttest", I get /root/bin/scripttest > > But if I try to run this test script I get "scripttest: Command not found." > > Why is that happening? I've seen something like this happen when there is a non-printing character on the shebang line (like a CTRL-G or similar). So instead of running /bin/sh, your shell tries to run "/bin/sh^G" -- which obviously doesn't exist. Can you run "xxd /root/bin/scripttest" and show us the output? If you don't have xxd on your system (it usually is packaged with Vim) you can try "od -x /root/bin/scripttest". xxd/od will show right away if there is anything funky on the shebang line that shouldn't be there. thanks, Thomas -- N.J. Thomas njt@ayvali.org Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo
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