There are 4 blank lines in my .bash_profile:
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echo 'BEGIN ~/.bash_profile'
export ANT_HOME='/cygdrive/c/Java/apache-ant-1.6.5'
export JAVA_HOME='/cygdrive/c/Java/jdk1.5.0_08'
export CLASSPATH=''
export EDITOR='vim'
export PATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${ANT_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
# export PS1='$ '
# echo 'setting up aliases...'
# alias ls='ls -F --color'
# alias ll='ls -Fl --color'
# alias la='ls -Fla --color'
# alias lr='ls -Flr --color'
# alias lar='ls -Flar --color'
# alias desktop='cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\
Settings/psalzman/Desktop'
echo 'END ~/.bash_profile'
====== end file
Each blank line generates an error:
$ source .bash_profile
BEGIN ~/.bash_profile
: command not found
: command not found
: command not found
: command not found
END ~/.bash_profile
However, if I comment all the blank lines out, I get no errors. Each
blank
line in this file seems to be causing a "command not found" error. What
could be causing this?