Cygwin shell script

[Database Administrator]

I'm trying to write a shell script (im using cygwin: Win XP) and I'm
getting an error "line 5: synatx error: unexpected end of file"

filename: asdf.sh

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#! /bin/sh
if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
echo "bla bla"
fi
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I can't for the life of me figure out why, can anybody help?

[Database Administrator]

zip184@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to write a shell script (im using cygwin: Win XP) and I'm
> getting an error "line 5: synatx error: unexpected end of file"
>
> filename: asdf.sh
>
> -----------------------------------
> #! /bin/sh
> if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
> echo "bla bla"
> fi
> -----------------------------------
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out why, can anybody help?

Does Cygwin dislike CR-LF line terminators? Try saving the file with
an editor that can terminate lines with LF only. Or use commands like
dos2unix on your script file.

Janis

[Database Administrator]

On Dec 20, 2:37*pm, zip...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to write a shell script (im using cygwin: Win XP) and I'm
> getting an error "line 5: synatx error: unexpected end of file"
>
> filename: asdf.sh
>
> -----------------------------------
> #! /bin/sh
> if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
> * echo "bla bla"
> fi
> -----------------------------------
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out why, can anybody help?

I'm using CygWin as well on WinXP. File test.sh I created using vi:
$ cat test.sh
#! /bin/sh
if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
echo "bla bla"
fi
if [ $# -eq 3 ]; then
echo "wow 3"
fi
$ ./test.sh 1 2 3
wow 3
$ ./test.sh
bla bla
$
Cheers,
--S

[banana_jam]

Hey I had this problem in Cygwin. It was the CRLF problem or end of file markers that must have done it. I used Text Pad to save the script in Linux format rather than PC format and it's fixed.

[HENARRY JAYA]

In the shell script file (hello_world.sh), give the full path to java.exe

For e.g., instead of
java -class path java_test_programs Hello World

type this in the hello_world.sh:
"c:\jdk\bin\java.exe" -class path java_test_programs Hello World

If that doesn't work, there are several other reasons for that error. Try the solutions given here:
I'm fairly certain \r is not white space anywhere. It is the carriage return character (similar to how one needs to throw the typewriter carriage back to its original position on a newline). Why couldn't you just use ' '?