Re: spaces in .bash_profile lead to "command not found"

[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold at buddydog dot org>]

Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> There are 4 blank lines in my .bash_profile:
>
>    ====== start file
>    echo 'BEGIN ~/.bash_profile'
>
>    export ANT_HOME='/cygdrive/c/Java/apache-ant-1.6.5'
>    export JAVA_HOME='/cygdrive/c/Java/jdk1.5.0_08'
>    export CLASSPATH=''
>    export EDITOR='vim'
>    export PATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${ANT_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
>    # export PS1='$ '
>
>
>    # echo 'setting up aliases...'
>    # alias ls='ls -F --color'
>    # alias ll='ls -Fl --color'
>    # alias la='ls -Fla --color'
>    # alias lr='ls -Flr --color'
>    # alias lar='ls -Flar --color'
>    # alias desktop='cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/psalzman/Desktop'
>
>    echo 'END ~/.bash_profile'
>    ====== end file
>
> Each blank line generates an error:
>
>    $ source .bash_profile
>    BEGIN ~/.bash_profile
>    : command not found
>    : command not found
>    : command not found
>    : command not found
>    END ~/.bash_profile
>
> However, if I comment all the blank lines out, I get no errors.  Each blank
> line in this file seems to be causing a "command not found" error.  What
> could be causing this?

CR/LF where there should be CR. Try running d2u. And read the list for
more gotchas due to the bash upgrade.

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