1. unzipped iReport-0.3.0.tar.gz

2. ./iReport.sh
received error as follows.

[root@hydhtc50655d iReport-0.3.0]# ./iReport.sh
./iReport.sh: ./startup.sh: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
[root@hydhtc50655d iReport-0.3.0]#


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CONTENT WITHIN THE iReport.sh

#!/bin/sh

cd ./bin
./startup.sh "$@"

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CONTENT WITHIN THE startup.sh file

#!/bin/sh
# add the libraries to the IREPORT_CLASSPATH.
# EXEDIR is the directory where this executable is.
EXEDIR=${0%/*}
DIRLIBS=${EXEDIR}/../lib/*.jar
for i in ${DIRLIBS}
do
if [ -z "$IREPORT_CLASSPATH" ] ; then
IREPORT_CLASSPATH=$i
else
IREPORT_CLASSPATH="$i":$IREPORT_CLASSPATH
fi
done

DIRLIBS=${EXEDIR}/../lib/*.zip
for i in ${DIRLIBS}
do
if [ -z "$IREPORT_CLASSPATH" ] ; then
IREPORT_CLASSPATH=$i
else
IREPORT_CLASSPATH="$i":$IREPORT_CLASSPATH
fi
done

IREPORT_CLASSPATH="${EXEDIR}/../classes":$IREPORT_CLASSPATH

java -classpath "$IREPORT_CLASSPATH:$CLASSPATH" it.businesslogic.ireport.gui.MainFrame "$@"

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i am using the iREport for the first time. acc to the manual i have also copied the tools.jar from the JDk 1.6 of mine to the lib directory of iReport.

still i dont know how to use iReport.

plz guide.................

regards
shravee.

when i entered sh startup.sh i received the foll error


[root@hydhtc50655d bin]# sh startup.sh
'tartup.sh: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `do
'tartup.sh: line 7: `do
[root@hydhtc50655d bin]#


plz help me as i need to run the iReport at the earliest.......

when i entered sh startup.sh i received the foll error


[root@hydhtc50655d bin]# sh startup.sh
'tartup.sh: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `do
'tartup.sh: line 7: `do
[root@hydhtc50655d bin]#


opened the file and removed all the whitespaces.

then the above error moved on 14 line and then to 22 line and finally it ended up to unexpected end of file


now my script file looks like this.
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#!/bin/sh
# add the libraries to the IREPORT_CLASSPATH.
# EXEDIR is the directory where this executable is.
EXEDIR=${0%/*}
DIRLIBS=${EXEDIR}/../lib/*.jar
for i in ${DIRLIBS}
do if [ -z "$IREPORT_CLASSPATH" ] ; then
IREPORT_CLASSPATH=$i
else
IREPORT_CLASSPATH="$i":$IREPORT_CLASSPATH
fi
done
DIRLIBS=${EXEDIR}/../lib/*.zip
for i in ${DIRLIBS}
do if[ -z "$IREPORT_CLASSPATH" ] ; then
IREPORT_CLASSPATH=$i
else
IREPORT_CLASSPATH="$i":$IREPORT_CLASSPATH
fi
done
IREPORT_CLASSPATH="${EXEDIR}/../classes":$IREPORT_CLASSPATH
java -classpath "$IREPORT_CLASSPATH:$CLASSPATH" it.businesslogic.ireport.gui.MainFrame"$@"
~
~
~
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now when i run sh startup.sh i get a new error..........

[root@hydhtc50655d bin]# sh startup.sh
startup.sh: line 23: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[root@hydhtc50655d bin]#

This is a typical issue where text file generated in windows have the ^M control character at the end of each line.

To confirm if this is the problem you have. Please extract the tarball again to get back the original file. Then do this:
If you see ^M on the end of every line, then you have this problem. To remove the ^M, you can use the sed command:

Note: On the above command. just typing ^M won’t work. To type the control character ^M you should use:* Ctrl+v and then Ctrl+m. This will be displayed as ^M in the terminal, but it will have a completely different meaning.

Then do the above cat again on newstartup.sh to confirm the ^M is gone. Now you can remove the original & replace it with this new file.

thanks ongte...! its good to know that command.

actually i resolved this problem by downloading the latest version of iReport 3.6.0 earlier i used 3.0.

but as i am interested to learn i learnt ur command.

to share with u.. i tried this command...

vim -b startup.sh

then in the escape mode,,,
i entered :1,$s/^M// then all the M characteers are removed,,

but when i tried to run the file again.........
i got a pop up msg " null " and after pressing ok in the msg box ,
i am getting a new error..


i tried again with sh startup.sh
still got the similar error

although my issue is resolved by finding an alternative , i am very much interested to learn

lets fix it together,,,,