My startup.sh is: #!/bin/sh # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Start Script for the CATALINA Server # # $Id: startup.sh,v 1.4 2004/11/17 20:17:46 yoavs Exp $ # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- export CATALINA_OPTS="-Xmx512m" # Better OS/400 detection: see Bugzilla 31132 os400=false case "`uname`" in CYGWIN*) cygwin=true;; OS400*) os400=true;; esac # resolve links - $0 may be a softlink PRG="$0" while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"` link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'` if expr "$link" : '.*/.*' > /dev/null; then PRG="$link" else PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`/"$link" fi done PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"` EXECUTABLE=catalina.sh # Check that target executable exists if $os400; then # -x will Only work on the os400 if the files are: # 1. owned by the user # 2. owned by the PRIMARY group of the user # this will not work if the user belongs in secondary groups eval else if [ ! -x "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" ]; then echo "Cannot find $PRGDIR/$EXECUTABLE" echo "This file is needed to run this program" exit 1 fi fi exec "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" start "$@" but when i start it i get: root@xxx [/usr/local/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9/bin]# sh -x ./startup.sh + $'\r' : command not found7: + export $'CATALINA_OPTS=-Xmx512m\r' + CATALINA_OPTS=$'-Xmx512m\r' + $'\r' : command not found9: + os400=$'false\r' '/startup.sh: line 12: syntax error near unexpected token `in '/startup.sh: line 12: `case "`uname`" in root@xxx [/usr/local/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9/bin]# and if i list the process: root@xxx [/usr/local/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9/bin]# ps aux | grep tomcat root 6822 0.0 0.0 2044 316 ? Ss May11 0:00 jsvc.exec -user tomcat -cp ./bootstrap.jar -Djava.endorsed.dirs=../common/endorsed -debug -outfile ../logs/catalina.out -errfile ../logs/catalina.err -verbose org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap -security tomcat 6823 0.2 2.5 250888 52640 ? Sl May11 17:33 jsvc.exec -user tomcat -cp ./bootstrap.jar -Djava.endorsed.dirs=../common/endorsed -debug -outfile ../logs/catalina.out -errfile ../logs/catalina.err -verbose org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap -security root 11161 0.0 0.0 4320 656 pts/0 S+ 10:51 0:00 grep tomcat what can be the problem?