/bin/bash: Event not found.

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi

I'm new to scripting - please help me...

I'm trying to run a script written by a friend:

#!/bin/bash

for aStat in ....

do
....
done

when coping the script to the terminal I get:

/bin/bash: Event not found.

for: Command not found.
do: Command not found.

I read the post recommending this:

export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin"

however still I got:

export: Command not found.

what am I doing wrong?

Thanks alot!

2

It could be bash's history expansion. It tries to expand the exclamation mark. Try switching it off first:

set +H
3

I got:

set: Variable name must begin with a letter.

Thanks for the fast response.

If relevant I'm working on Mac OS10.68

4

Your terminal runs csh or tcsh.
Switch to bash with

exec bash
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5

Just for a chance, can you try #! /bin/bash instead of #!/bin/bash ?

A space between "!" and "/"

6

What do you mean? You don't "copy a script to a terminal". In case helpful, in case you are really "copying script to terminal": The script lives in a file. You set execute permission on the file, and run the file as a command.

7

Pls post what shell you're using, and the entire scipt including the error messages, having confidential/proprietary/classified data scrambled.

8

thanks alot.

That made lots of things clear!

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wow, I'm really impressed from the number of helpful responses

Thanks!