Help running bash scripts

[Jonathan Arnold]

Thierry wrote:
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # test
> 
> If I run the above script under cygwin, 
> I get the following error message:
> 
> $ ./test.sh
> : command not found
> 
> Can anyone help me on that and tell what I'm missing 
> from the cygwin installation?

(Pick me, pick me! I'll take this one)

You must be using an editor that inserts DOS cr/lf into the file.
bash doesn't work with them, either on Cygwin or on Linux. Either
run your script through d2u or, even better, use an editor that
won't insert dos line endings.

See the many long discussions on this list about it, as well as
reading the copious release notes for bash.

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Jonathan Arnold                       http://www.buddydog.org

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