On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 08:10:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/10/2016 8:00 AM, Robert Parker wrote: > >you need to do: > >./test.sh > >instead. > > > > That just fails differently by responding: > > : No such file or directory Carriage return. Did you edit this script with a Microsoft Windows program, perhaps? The shebang line (#!/bin/bash) probably ends with a carriage return + line feed, instead of just a line feed.