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Subject: Re: bash script under cygwin fails to recognize simple commands
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On 13 March 2013 09:03, Bob Brusa wrote:
> Hi,
> it seems I miss something. The primitive script t1.sh
>
> #!/bin/bash
> echo "script running"
> ls -l
> echo "script terminating"
> exit 0
>
> produces a rather unexpected result when running it from cygwin terminal:
>
> rwb AT w500 ~
> $ ./t1.sh
> script running
> ls: unknown option --
> „ls --help“ gibt weitere Informationen.
> script terminating
> : Ein numerischer Parameter ist erforderlich.
>
> rwb AT w500 ~
>
> Why is this?

Your script has DOS line endings in it. The dos2unix utility will fix
that for you.

Andy

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