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i had copy of antivir-workstation-pers-<3.1.3.5-0> in folder home/yusvian/Download
i made a script to install it but always get respons :
bash: syntax error near unexpected token 'newline'
my script is : cd Downloads/antivir-workstation-pers-<3.1.3.5-0>
somebody please help me
If you click on 'Post Reply' instead of 'Quick reply', you'll see a hash (#) in the tools menu which will wrap CODE tags around selected text.
It would be best if you were to post the full contents of your scrip and highlight it, then click on the hash to wrap CODE tags around it. This way we can see exactly how your script is put together in order to troubleshoot it.
From what I see so far, you have a Download folder, but you say your script prompts to change into a Downloads folder (plural). Is this the problem or a typo?
More generally, the shell has already told you what the problem is, if not where. It's a syntax error, and it has something to do with it coming across a newline where there shouldn't be one.
So start going through the script line by line, and search for syntax errors. Focus on things like improperly quoted strings and variables, improperly closed commands, and, as mentioned, missing semicolons.
Sometimes solving a bug simply requires the grunt work of slogging through the code.
i had copy of antivir-workstation-pers-<3.1.3.5-0> in folder home/yusvian/Download
i made a script to install it but always get respons :
bash: syntax error near unexpected token 'newline'
my script is : cd Downloads/antivir-workstation-pers-<3.1.3.5-0>
somebody please help me
The '>' and '<' characters have special meaning for the shell and need to be quoted.
Code:
cd "Downloads/antivir-workstation-pers-<3.1.3.5-0>"
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