Apr 24, 2017 · When dash reaches line 68, it sees a syntax error: that parenthesis doesn't mean anything to it in context. Since dash (like all other shells) is an interpreter, it won't complain …

May 11, 2016 · I have bash script which takes 3 parameters from the command line. It compares all of the files in the directory to see if they are of the type of the first 2 parameters.

Mar 27, 2012 · You've got an unclosed quote, brace, bracket, if, loop, or something. If you can't see it just by looking (I'd recommend a syntax colouring editor and a neat indentation style), …

Oct 5, 2008 · @Brynjar That's because it's just syntax checking. The open bracket isn't syntax, that's the name of the function to run. type [says "[ is a shell builtin". It ultimately delegates to …

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Easy way to convert example.sh file to UNIX if you are working in Windows is to use NotePad++ (Edit>EOL Conversion>UNIX/OSX Format) You can also set the default EOL in notepad++ …

Nov 16, 2015 · The problem almost certainly was not that the file was encoded in UTF-8, which indeed is the norm. From your posts, it looks like the problem might stem from the byte order …

Jun 17, 2013 · :set fileformat=unix. Convert eh line endings to unix endings and see if that solves the issue. If editing in Vim, enter the command :set fileformat=unix and save the file. Several …

Dec 10, 2015 · If your tagging for this question is correct and you're genuinely using bash (which is to say that your script starts with #!/bin/bash, or if not started via a shebang you use bash …

Feb 26, 2016 · [ Bonus tip ] Commands to convert UNIX format newlines (LF) to DOS format newlines (CRLF) Convert UNIX to DOS using unix2dos command: unix2dos input.txt # or, with …