Maybe this is actually a shell script issue, so I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this (reputation suggests maybe it is?!)

I edited the Configure file so that it read: 
#! /bin/sh

echo hi there

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Then created an identical file from scratch, in the same directory, trivial.sh. trivial.sh worked completely as expected (printed "hi there" on the command line), but the Configure file did this:
./Configure
./Configure: command not found

sh ./Configure
: command not found2:
: command not found3:
hi there
: command not found5:

I found this which talks (near the bottom) about 'DOS style line breaks'. Could this be the problem? If this is not a suitable place for this question, then I'll ask elsewhere (any suggestions?) but I'd appreciate some (more) monkish wisdom if anyone has any..

cheers
why_bird
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In reply to Re^2: Installing Perl 5.10.0: problems with ./Configure by why_bird
in thread Installing Perl 5.10.0: problems with ./Configure by why_bird

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