Re: binfmt_script and ^M

Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-05T13:41:06Z

On 5 Mar 2001, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> writes:
>
> > > $ head -1 testscript
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > $ ./testscript
> > > bash: ./testscript: No such file or directory
> >
> > What kernel wants to say is "/usr/bin/perl\r: no such file". Saying ENOEXEC
> > would be even more confusing.
>
> So, why don't we make bash say that, then? As I guess that we've all
> been bitten by this before.
>
> What are the chances for something like this to be included?
>
> Greetings,
> Jan.
>
[SNIPPED...]

So why would you even consider breaking bash as a work-around for
a broken script?

Somebody must have missed the boat entirely. Unix does not, never
has, and never will end a text line with '\r'. It's Microsoft junk
that does that, a throwback to CP/M, a throwback to MDS/200.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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