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Linux bash script execution problem

I am running RHEL 6.2,

I run the a bash script which works well in RHEL 5.6

The name of the script is

net

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The top of the script contains:

#!/bin/bash
SPEED=10000000000
.....

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when I run the file I get the following:

[root@Blacktip02 WMB]# ./net
-bash: ./net: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
[root@Blacktip02 WMB]#

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I check to see if bash is there, and it is

[root@Blacktip02 WMB]# cd /bin
[root@Blacktip02 bin]# bash
[root@Blacktip02 bin]#

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What should I do ?

woolmilkporc

Your script contains carriage-return characters at the line ends.

Did you transfer it from Windows in text mode (instead of binary mode)?

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Tintin

or just do

dos2unix net

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Michael Eager

BTW, the commands you used to find bash work differently on Windows Command Shell and Linux:

# cd /bin
# bash

The second will run bash from where ever it is found on the PATH, which may not be in /bin. If /bin/bash did not exist (it does on RHEL), you would still get the same result.

If you want to find where bash is located, run "which bash". To confirm that it is in /bin, run "ls /bin/bash".

BTW (2): Avoid developing or running scripts as root. It is very easy to mistype a command and turn your previously working system into new discussion on EE about how to recover a trashed Linux system.