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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:43:34 +0200
From: Mathias Gygax <mg AT trash DOT net>
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Subject: Re: running shell scripts
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On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:30:32AM +0200, Steven Weiss wrote:
> Hi

hi there,

> bash: ./work: No such file or directory
> 
> I am trying to running a shell script from an interactive bash
> session. I get the following error when running the shell script. It
> seems to work when I put the #! /cygwin/bin/bash inside the script.
> Surely the script should run with the execute permissions set as they
> are.

that's the way it works. the first shee-bang line topmost, is the
associated interpreter. it could be just anything, from a shell script
to awk program.

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