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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 22:09:52 +1000
Subject: Re: Strange syntax error, occurs only when script is executed directly
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Antoon Pardon
<antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
> However if I call the script directly and want the #! line do its work I get the following error.
>
> # /usr/local/bin/ldapwatch /opt/local/log/openldap.log | head
> /usr/local/bin/ldapwatch: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> /usr/local/bin/ldapwatch: line 3: `class vslice(object):'

That looks like bash trying to run Python code, so I'd look at
something being wrong with the shebang processing. What's
/opt/local/bin/python? Is it a symlink to something else? Some systems
won't allow any such dereferencing, others (including modern Linux)
allow a maximum of ten or thereabouts, counting one for every symlink
or shebang'd script. If /opt/local/bin/python is a bouncer script that
itself has a shebang, that might be your problem.

ChrisA