problem with bash script on celerra control station

Question

#!/bin/bash # get_fs_list () { date } # get_fs_list gets bash -v test.sh #!/bin/bash # get_fs_list () 'est.sh: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token ` 'est.sh: line 3: `get_fs_list () What's wrong?? This works fine on Solaris 10.

dynamox · Answer

you are just calling a function ? Try this:function get_fs_list {date}get_fs_list

pzxkys · Answer

thanks for the feedback!

pzxkys · Answer

Turns out the orignal file for this script had some embedded control character in it that was causing the bash interpreter to choke. After lots of quick small tests I stumbled on the fact that this thing runs fine if I just cut and paste it into a different file. If I copy the original file and try to run it with a different name it gives me the same error. Problem solved.

dynamox · Answer

yeah ..if the file was created on Windows it probably has CRLF characters. You can run 'dos2unix filename.sh' ..and that will take care of that.

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