Well, I am no apple user, I just eat them :-P But maybe you find some further help here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2682693?start=0&tstart=0 wolf Leslie Engineering wrote: > I am not sure what you mean by plain "ascii" text editor. I opened it > in TextEdit on my Mac OSX 10.6.6 and can't seem to find any other > plain text applications. Do I need to download something? > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:24 AM, wolf zinke <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > looks like this script was edited with a word processor and > contains formating that are causing problems as ascii text file. > Open this file again with a word processor, copy it into a plain > ascii text editor and save t again (as plain text). Do not edit > programs with a Word processor. > > > hope this helps, > wolf > > > Leslie Engineering wrote: > > Sorry :) > > So this is what I get : > > > bash-3.2$ chmod +x script_name.sh bash-3.2$ ./script_name.sh > ./sta.sh: line 1: > {rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf1038cocoasubrtf350: command not found > ./sta.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `}' > ./sta.sh: line 2: `{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}' > > > > I don't know how to interpret! > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Cunningham, Dustin > <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote: > > It looks like your file is a bash shell script. I think you can > just give it executive privileges and run it in the terminal. > > try this: > > chmod +x filename > ./filename > ________________________________________ > From: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library [[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>] On > Behalf Of Leslie Engineering > [[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:27 AM > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > > Subject: [FSL] running a script with FSL > > A colleague sent a single trial analysis script that he > says "runs > with FSL 4.0 and above" > > How do you run a script with fsl? > > I set the path in xterm: > > export PATH="$PATH:~/scripts_folder" > > and tried to source the file > > source script_name.sh > > (clearly computers are not like the back of my hand...) > > Is there something in the fsl gui where I can automatically > select > the script.. because I am unable to do it in the terminal > prompt. > > >