Re: Bad interpreter...

[Geraint Paul Bevan]

Mike wrote:
> I have done the following:
> I saved as hello.sh the file
> #!octave-2.1.50 -qf
>  printf("Hello,world!\n"); and returning to the turminal I do
>  chmod  +744 hello.sh then trying to run the script with
> a) ./hello.sh -->bad interpreter,permission denied
>  b) hello---> command not found.
>  I run linux 2.4.20.
> Any help? (step-by-step if possible).
>

You need to give the full path to the interpreter:

#!/usr/bin/octave
blah ...

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Geraint Bevan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Glasgow
Tel: +44 (0)141 330 5917



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