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How do a I fix a "bad interpreter" error with my CGI script?

Last updated: 06/30/2009

This is probably the result of using a Windows or DOS based text editor, which adds line breaks in the script file.

A solution is to run this command from the prompt:

perl -e 'tr/\r//d' scriptname.cgi > new_scriptname.cgi

Or, in the vi editor, you could run the following replace string:

:,$s/\r//g

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