Bash script and /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

If you get the error: "Bash script and /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory", then you are likely trying to run a shell script (.sh) from your windows drive. Most likely, the issue is that your line-endings are CR+LF and not the Unix style LF.

If you need to fix this, the simplest way is to open the file in NotePad++ and change the line-endings (bottom right side of the status bar).

Another simple way to do this is to run the following script that runs regex to replace CR+LF with just LF.

sed -i -e 's/\r$//' myfolder/*.*

Another option, if you are using GIT is to add a .gitattributes file with line-endings set to LF.

* text eol=lf

Please note that if you do this, you may have to first delete all files in your repo (expect .git folder and .gitattributes and then run git reset to get the latest files again).

Finally, another option is to not download the files directly from your command prompt or windows explorer. Instead use your WSL terminal to download the files and they should come down with the correct line endings.