I tried to compile this script but I always get the following error “command not found”?

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i tried running this script but it didn't work! i typed ./FindSCT.bash visit.bash where is FindSC.bash is the name of my script and visit.bash is the file i want to get my input from. i tried to type chmod 700 FindSCT i also wrote chmod +x FindSCT.bash and also typed PATH="${PATH}:." but non of these things actually helped. also i made sure that the two files are in the same directory! any help would be very appreciated!
also i tried to add " " around ($1 also $2).. still command not found 

if i do ls i get this :(the two scripts are in the same directory :/
FindSCT.bash   visit.bash
!

What I have tried:

<pre>  <pre>#!/bin/bash
function ssort {
echo sort -rnk2 $1 | sort -rsk3 | uniq -2 | cut -d" " -f3 | wc -l
}
if (( $# == 1 )); then 
echo -rnk2 $1 | sort -rsk3 | uniq -2 | cut -d" " -f3
fi
if (( $# == 2 )); then 
   nn=`ssort $*`
     if (( ${nn} > $2 )); then
     echo -rnk2 $1 | sort -rsk3 | uniq -2 | cut -d" " -f3
  fi 
    echo -rnk2 $1 | sort -rsk3 | uniq -2 | cut -d" " -f3 | head -n{$2}
fi

Posted 18-Apr-17 13:02pm

jena_m

Updated 19-Apr-17 11:41am

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Richard MacCutchan 19-Apr-17 2:57am

Please show a long listing (ls -l) of the directory where these scripts are stored.

jena_m 19-Apr-17 4:55am

the two scripts are in the same directory in the main directory

Richard MacCutchan 19-Apr-17 5:34am

Show the listing.

jena_m 19-Apr-17 5:44am

-rwx------ 1 jenazz users 400 Apr 19 11:42 FindSCT.bash
drwxr-xr-x 3 jenazz users 4096 Apr 18 19:01 mtm
drwxr-xr-x 4 jenazz users 4096 Apr 18 19:20 MTMEscapy
-rwx------ 1 jenazz users 77 Apr 19 00:18 visit.bash

Richard MacCutchan 19-Apr-17 5:58am

Are you actually in that directory when you run the command ./FindSCT.bash ? Also, is the error message definitely in response to your call to the script, or is it in response to some command inside the script?

Jochen Arndt 19-Apr-17 3:30am

When I execute the script I get a different error:

"syntax error near unexpected token `fi'"

Fixed by inserting "; then" at the matching if:
if (( ${nn} > $2 )); then

The there are more errors:
"cut: the delimiter must be a single character"

Fixed by inserting a space before the -f3 option of all cut commands:
cut -d" " -f3

Then it executes without errors.

jena_m 19-Apr-17 4:36am

hi thank you for your help ! i am gonna try this later but i have a question first how can i see what errors i get because it just shows me command not found! and because of that i thought that there was something wrong with the placing of the script and not the script itself :/

Jochen Arndt 19-Apr-17 4:45am

Just execute the commands manually line by line and part by part or comment out lines in your script.

Start for example by entering
echo -rnk2 visit.basj | sort -rsk3 | uniq -2 | cut -d" " -f3

If the error is still there remove the last pipe:
echo -rnk2 visit.basj | sort -rsk3 | uniq -2

And so on.

But the problem is that your code contains other errors which are reported here. Which kind of system and Linux you are using?

Albert Holguin 20-Apr-17 14:29pm

When you try this again... from the directory you're in do the following:
(0) list the current directory
(1) run pwd to see your present working directory
(2) list the /bin directory (to make sure you have bash there)
(3) list the environment variables (env)

jena_m 19-Apr-17 4:52am

ok i am gonna try to do what you suggested because i just tried to fix the other errors and it still gives me the same message "command not found" mm i don't know what system i typed lsb_release -a and got this :
LSB Version: :base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer
Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.8 (Santiago)
Release: 6.8
Codename: Santiago

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