/usr/bin/mount: not found in a .sh script

Question

The first line of my script is

/usr/bin/mount /dev/sdb4 /media/user/Data

Running it I get

/home/patrick/Scripts/DataBackup.sh: 1: /home/patrick/Scripts/DataBackup.sh: /usr/bin/mount: not found

Even if I put sudo before the mount command it does not find sudo neither. Thank you for your help

Edit your Q to include the output of `uname -srv`. (Don't reply in comments please). Good luck. — shellter, Apr 17 '21 at 01:45
Sounds like your editor is adding a byte order mark. Please ensure that your script does not have a BOM. — that other guy, Apr 17 '21 at 01:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 17 '21 at 01:29

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Put this as your first line:

#!/bin/bash

The existing lines will appear after the 'shebang' line above.

answered Apr 17 '21 at 01:29

Mike Slinn

I get #!/bin/bash: not found, but mount is executed correctly. I am confused – Lucens Apr 17 '21 at 01:35
How are you running this script? Exactly what do you type? Have you ever used bash before? – Mike Slinn Apr 17 '21 at 01:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '21 at 01:50

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Solved: using Libreoffice to write the script, bash gives a not found error on whatever was written on the first line.

answered Apr 17 '21 at 01:50

Lucens

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Libreoffice might be adding a [byte order mark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark) at the beginning of the file (which will confuse anything that expects plain text). [This superuser answer](https://superuser.com/questions/345814/exporting-utf-8-text-from-libreoffice-without-byte-order-mark) suggests there should be a checkbox in the Save As dialog to control this. – Gordon Davisson Apr 17 '21 at 03:43

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