cygwin - Shell script works in the console but not when saved as a text file -

cygwin - Shell script works in the console but not when saved as a text file -

consider simple shell script:

#!/bin/sh fruitlist="apple pear tomato peach grape" fruit in $fruitlist if [ "$fruit" = "tomato" ] || [ "$fruit" = "peach" ] echo "i ${fruit}es" else echo "i ${fruit}s" fi done

when paste cygwin window works fine when save text file test.sh , run cygwin terminal i'm getting this:

$ ./test.sh ./test.sh: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `$'do\r'' '/test.sh: line 4: `do

however, if remove newlines works:

#!/bin/sh fruitlist="apple pear tomato peach grape" fruit in $fruitlist if [ "$fruit" = "tomato" ] || [ "$fruit" = "peach" ] echo "i ${fruit}es" else echo "i ${fruit}s" fi done

how can create script more readable maintaining new lines in file, \n doesn't seem work.

your \r characters come windows file, new lines defined \r\n. in unix new line defined \n, hence \r stays "orphan" , causes these problems.

what can convert file unix mode command dos2unix.

more info in: does windows carriage homecoming \r\n consist of 2 characters or 1 character?:

two characters combined represent new line on windows. whereas on linux, \n represents new line. moves cursor start of new line on linux. on windows, cursor remain @ same column in console on next line.

\r carriage return; \n line feed.

shell cygwin newline