spaces in .bash_profile lead to "command not found"
Jonathan Arnold
jdarnold@buddydog.org
Thu Oct 5 20:40:00 GMT 2006
Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> There are 4 blank lines in my .bash_profile:
>
> ====== start file
> echo 'BEGIN ~/.bash_profile'
>
> export ANT_HOME='/cygdrive/c/Java/apache-ant-1.6.5'
> export JAVA_HOME='/cygdrive/c/Java/jdk1.5.0_08'
> export CLASSPATH=''
> export EDITOR='vim'
> export PATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${ANT_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
> # export PS1='$ '
>
>
> # echo 'setting up aliases...'
> # alias ls='ls -F --color'
> # alias ll='ls -Fl --color'
> # alias la='ls -Fla --color'
> # alias lr='ls -Flr --color'
> # alias lar='ls -Flar --color'
> # alias desktop='cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/psalzman/Desktop'
>
> echo 'END ~/.bash_profile'
> ====== end file
>
> Each blank line generates an error:
>
> $ source .bash_profile
> BEGIN ~/.bash_profile
> : command not found
> : command not found
> : command not found
> : command not found
> END ~/.bash_profile
>
> However, if I comment all the blank lines out, I get no errors. Each blank
> line in this file seems to be causing a "command not found" error. What
> could be causing this?
CR/LF where there should be CR. Try running d2u. And read the list for
more gotchas due to the bash upgrade.
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Jonathan Arnold http://www.buddydog.org
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