Bash script prints “Command Not Found” on empty lines

Make sure your first line is:

#!/bin/bash

Enter your path to bash if it is not /bin/bash

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Try running:

dos2unix script.sh

That wil convert line endings, etc from Windows to unix format. i.e. it strips \r (CR) from line endings to change them from \r\n (CR+LF) to \n (LF).

More details about the dos2unix command (man page)

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Another way to tell if your file is in dos/Win format:

cat scriptname.sh | sed 's/\r/<CR>/'

The output will look something like this:

#!/bin/sh<CR>
<CR>
echo Hello World<CR>
<CR>

This will output the entire file text with <CR> displayed for each \r character in the file.