From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2008-11-28T01:13:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Shebang! line not recognized in OS X Leopard??

Johnnie Lieske wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Newbie to Ruby.
> 
> Going through the O'Reily book I get this bit of code for creating a
> hello world script. The shebang line is suppossed to make it so I don't
> have to type "ruby" before executing my scripts:
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/ruby
> # a nice greeting for Matz
> puts "Hello, Matz!"
> 
> 
> Problem is that I get this when I run the script:
> 
> Pinky:rubes pink$ matz.rb
> -bash: matz.rb: command not found
> 
> 
> I've searched everywhere for an answer but probably don't know how to
> pose the question.
> 
> The path to ruby on my computer is actually /usr/bin/ruby and not
> /usr/local/bin/ruby
> 
> I change the code in the script but still get the same error.
> 
> It's stupid but I am anal and feel like I can't go on....
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!

You should use the actual path to ruby on your computer. Also, make sure 
your script has its executable bit set:

chmod +x matz.rb

And finally, OS X only looks for executables your $PATH, which normally 
doesn't include your current directory. To execute a script in the 
current directory, do this:

./matz.rb


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