#!/bin/bash - no such file or directory

Question

I've created a bash script but when I try to execute it, I get

#!/bin/bash no such file or directory

I need to run the command: bash script.sh for it to work.

How can I fix this?

What are the permissions of your script? Also, it should be bin/bash not binbash.

jlliagre · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-17 17:09:36Z

up vote 9 down vote accepted

Usually, this kind of message is due to an extra carriage return at the end of the first line. Run

$ head -1 yourscript | od -c

and see how it ends: This is wrong

0000000   #   !   /   b   i   n   /   b   a   s   h  \r  \n

This is correct:

0000000   #   !   /   b   i   n   /   b   a   s   h  \n

Use dos2unix to fix your script if this is the issue.

answered Dec 17 '11 at 17:09

jlliagre
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	Another way of revealing if this is the problem is `hexdump -C yourscript \| head -n 1`. I would still use `dos2unix yourscript` to fix it. – Kevin M Dec 17 '11 at 23:32
	Yes it could very well be that. I edited in on windows. Things for the tip. – ndefontenay Dec 18 '11 at 2:17
	It's totally that :/ Thanks a lot! – ndefontenay Dec 19 '11 at 0:12

MaxMackie · Answer 2 · 2011-12-17 16:59:11Z

up vote -2 down vote

Try #!/bin/bash

Second thing: find / -name bash
Third thing: ls -al /bin/bash

edited Dec 17 '11 at 16:59

MaxMackie
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answered Dec 17 '11 at 15:33

Sebastian Szary
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Or just which bash. We know it's finding one because it's working with bash script.sh. – Kevin Dec 18 '11 at 2:58

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