my code: #!/bin/sh export PATH=$PATH:/csc4630/scripts grep -v '<' "$1" | grep -v 'Back to' | grep - v 'Chapter' | tr " " "\n" | sort | uniq -c > moby{"$1"}lex end of my code that is my program, basically takes a file from the command line containing txt, and outputs it to a file, with some sorting and manipulation... the code is syntax error free bash$ sh -x mobylex.sh mobylex.sh: ^M: not found + export PATH=/opt/gnu/bin:/home2/jdk1.5.0/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr2/local/bin:/mn /local/bin:/usr/ucb:/csc4630/scripts mobylex.sh: PATH=/opt/gnu/bin:/home2/jdk1.5.0/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr2/local/bin:/mnt/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/csc4630/scripts^M: is not an identifier bash$ sh -n mobylex.sh im not sure what that error means, but also before i did that i did chmod +x mobylex.sh to allow it to become executable bash$ mobylex.sh 063 bash: mobylex.sh: command not found anyways, any insight? this is my first time unix scripting

Having given your problem the benefit of my brillant and penetrating mind, I'd say the problem is the space between the "-" and the "v" in the second grep command. Jerry Lemieux

thanks that was one minor problem, i figured out the rest