Running this Shell file

Question

Hello, I was wondering how to run this Shell file I cant get it to work.
#!/bin/bash
cd bin && java -Xmx1024M server
It opens in textedit by the way.
Thanks for your help.
Also, Ive dragged the file to terminal and hit enter I get the message
-bash: /Users/Steven/Desktop/run.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
Should the file be in the folder that it came downloaded in?
Message was edited by: Cant Solve Rubiks Cubes

Answer 1

-bash: /Users/Steven/Desktop/run.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
I am concerned about the ^M which generally indicates that the script file is using either Mac <CR> line terminators, or Windows <CR><LF> terminators.
However, a Unix script need to have Unix <LF> line terminators.
You can use the file command to find out how your file's lines are terminated:
echo -e "
c" >tmp.cr
echo -e "
c" >tmp.crlf
echo -e "
c" >tmp.lf
file tmp.cr tmp.crlf tmp.lf
tmp.cr: ASCII text, with CR line terminators
tmp.crlf: ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators
tmp.lf: ASCII text
You want to see *ASCII text*
Generally getting <CR> terminated lines comes from using a Mac text editor or Mac word processor to create the script.
A <CR><LF> terminated file is generally one that came from a Windows system.