No such file or directory

[Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net>]

I'm trying to bring the bookmark file from ubuntu firefox into iceweasel. 
I copied it to a usb drive and then into /etc/iceweasel/profile after 
renaming the existing file. The permissions came out different from the 
old file:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7139 2008-09-29 00:57 _bookmarks.html
-rwx------ 1 root root 7139 2008-09-29 01:02 bookmarks.html

so I ran chmod as root and got this:

debian:/etc/iceweasel/profile# /etc/iceweasel/profile$ chmod 644 
bookmarks.html
bash: /etc/iceweasel/profile$: No such file or directory

Damned strange considering I was in /etc/iceweasel/profile at the time. 
Could someone explain what's going on?

Thanks.

--
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
 check the price of the beer"