shell script: bad interpreter: No such file or directory when using pwd

Question

I want to go through the files in a directory with a for loop but this comes up.

echo: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

code:

Answer 1

That's a strange error to be getting. I recommend trying to find the source of the error.

One thing is to check the pwd command.

type pwd

Make sure it's /usr/bin/pwd or /bin/pwd, and verify it's not a script:

file /usr/bin/pwd

If it is a script, I bet it starts with

#!echo