ELF: command not found

[nmit.201]

Hi,

When i try to run a script it is giving me an error:

bash:ELF:command not found.

what is the error?

[wje_lf]

Please take the script that's giving you the error, trim it down so it's as small as possible but still getting the error, and post that script.

[nmit.201]

Any small script....which contains only one line like..

echo "My name is XYZ"

is also throwing this error message.

[wje_lf]

Are you the administrator for this system? In other words, is this your system, or does it belong to someone else who administers it for several people, like a school or an employer?

That may sound like a weird question, but the answer will determine what my next questions are.

[nmit.201]

yes. this is a employers system. i am just a user in this system.

[wje_lf]

As I understand it, any bash shell script you run, even a one-liner, gives you that error message.

The next question is: what happens with other employees using the system logged in under a user name different from yours? Do they have the same problem?

If they do, then go to the administrator of the system and see whether bash is properly installed.

If they don't, then look at the content of .bash_profile, .bash_login, .profile, and .bashrc in your home directory.

If other users don't have your problem and you don't see anything funny in those files, then post the content of those files here. (Most of them probably won't exist.)