Re: shebang line drive me nuts.

Jochem Maas wrote:

I have a php shell script (the execute bit of the file is set) of which the first line is this: #!/usr/lib/php5/bin/php -q or this: #!/usr/bin/php -q or this: #!php -q in all cases I get the following error when I run (as root) the script: -bash: ./makemicrositeml: /usr/lib/php5/bin/php: bad interpreter: Permission denied php is where I think it is: # which php /usr/bin/php # ls -lart /usr/bin/php lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 9 11:40 /usr/bin/php -> /usr/lib/php5/bin/php any know what idiot thing I'm doing wrong?

This can happen if the line ending in the script are DOS not UNIX - have you been editing the file on Windows and then uploading it? Easiest way to check is to open the file with vi and check for ^M on the end of the lines. If it's there, remove it from the first line and try again. -Stut