errors while executing a script

[unnati]

Hi

i am trying to run a script in my n810 that uses maemo which is pretty similar to debian
the script works perfectly in scratchbox on my desktop
then i copied all the executables under /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/bin to n810 and tried to run the same script but it gives very weird errors

firstly it says #!/bin/bash: not found

then i have a command
/usr/local/bin/display img.jpg
and it gives the error message
/usr/local/bin/display: line 1: syntax error: "(" unexpected

now where the hell is the bracket??

i am really confused

can any1 tell me how to solve this??

thanks
unnati

[GNU-Fan]

I would assume the bracket to be in the script "/usr/local/bin/display".

[unnati]

yes
i tried doing cat /usr/local/bin/display

and there is a bracket on the first line but then all other characters are just garbage...am i supposed to delete that bracket...i am afraid i might mess up everything if i modify a binary file

[smolloy]

Don't edit compiled binaries by hand. You will kill them if you do that

You say that you copied lots of executables from your desktop to your n810 -- are you sure these were compiled for the right architecture? Binaries compiled for one processor won't work on a different one.

[unnati]

i think they should be...i had set the scratchbox target to DIABLO_ARMEL..thats what the n810 uses!!

i didn't get any error in scratchbox...the only huge problem is the 78mm long n810!!

[smolloy]

I don't know that much about scratchbox, but are you sure that it compiled all the executables in /usr/local to the right target?

Also the error,

/usr/local/bin/display: line 1: syntax error: "(" unexpected

makes it look like it's trying to run a binary executable as a script.....

[unnati]

ok i got rid of the first error by installing bash on maemo

now i get another error as
/usr/local/bin/display: cannot execute a binary

u were right smolloy...my program is trying to run binaries as scripts...any idea how to work around it??