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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:39:28 +0000
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From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To: JROZYCKI AT ebmail DOT gdeb DOT com
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Subject: Re: script-name won't execute but script-name.py will
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On Friday 16 Nov 01, JROZYCKI AT ebmail DOT gdeb DOT com writes:
> Pavel,
> We are on NT 4.0.  I believe I have proper permissions because I can run the
> script when I tack on the script's extension, such as pl or awk.  The response
> is "command not found", not permission denied... Here is some output:
> 
> bin $ pwd
> /home/jrozycki/bin
> bin $ ll
> total 51
> drwxr-xr-x    5 jrozycki users        4096 Nov 15 19:09 ./
> drwxr-xr-x   10 jrozycki users        8192 Nov 15 15:55 ../
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 jrozycki users         735 Nov 15 14:41 maxcom.py*
> <snip>
> bin $ maxcom
> bash: maxcom: command not found

It sounds like bash cannot locate the interpreter -- the thing in the
line
	#! /path/to/interpreter

But you don't tell us what you have there so it is hard to say
anything more.

The relevant FAQ entry is "Why doesn't my shell script work?".

Regards,
David


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