Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 119242
bash will not run valid #! script
Last modified: 2007-04-18 13:04:52 EDT
Description of problem: I have a #! script, which is marked executable, but bash will not run it: it says "bad interpreter: No such file or directory". I have no idea what file or directory might be missing, however the interpreter specified in the script does exist, has execute permission, and can be run standalone. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): GNU bash, version 2.05.8(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. from rpm bash-2.05-8 How reproducible: Try to run a script whose first line is #!/usr/bin/tclsh Steps to Reproduce: 1. install tcl-8.3.3-65 (if not already present on test system) 2. create a #! script specifying /usr/bin/tclsh as its interpreter 3. try to run it Actual results: bash: ./ttest: bad interpreter: No such file or directory Expected results: script should run Additional info:
Created attachment 98896 [details] annotated typescript showing failure file generated by "script" command, showing problem. Lines starting ## are notes edited in later, not part of the original session.
Works for me with Fedora Core 1.
Turns out the problem was a \r at the end of the #! line, so the system was trying to run "/usr/bin/tclsh\r" which does not exist.