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Subject:	Re: spaces in .bash_profile lead to "command not found"
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Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> 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.
> 

Essentially correct but I believe you meant to say that CR/LF should be a
LF.

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