Cannot execute binary file?

Larkin

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Hi

A section of script I have been working on was working fine yesterday and today has stopped working with out any changes being made. The two lines in question are nothing fancy:

Code: 
pmset -a sleep 0 force
softwareupdate -i -a

When I run the script in terminal it returns
": command not founde 2:"
followed by a description of the usage of pmset and then
"software update: invalid option -- \r"
followed by the description on the usage of software update.

I then tried running the the two line seperatly by typing them directly into terminal and it returned
"/usr/sbin/softwareupdate: cannot execute binary file"
and
"/usr/bin/pmset: cannot execute binary file"

With my limited knowledge of macs I am now rather confused as why this is happening, any suggestions?

If it helps this is in OS X 10.5.8 and I ran echo $PATH and got
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

Larkin
 
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If no one has an straight answer fair play, but has anyone got any idea/suggestions where I should look for an answer or what to do to rule out potential problems and find the cause?

Larkin
 
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Do "file /usr/sbin/softwareupdate" and "file /usr/bin/pmset" and see what it says..I have the following values:
Code: 
$ file /usr/sbin/softwareupdate 
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate: Mach-O universal binary with 3 architectures
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate (for architecture x86_64):	Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate (for architecture i386):	Mach-O executable i386
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate (for architecture ppc7400):	Mach-O executable ppc

$ file /usr/bin/pmset 
/usr/bin/pmset: Mach-O universal binary with 3 architectures
/usr/bin/pmset (for architecture x86_64):	Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/bin/pmset (for architecture i386):	Mach-O executable i386
/usr/bin/pmset (for architecture ppc7400):	Mach-O executable ppc

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Hi

Entered as you suggested results are below:

Code: 
$ file /usr/bin/pmset
/usr/bin/pmset: Mach-O universal with 2 architectures
/usr/bin/pmset (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
/usr/bin/pmset (for architecture ppc7400):      Mach-O executable ppc

$ file /usr/sbin/softwareupdate
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate: Mach-O universal with 2 architectures
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate (for architecture ppc7400):      Mach-O executable ppc

As I'm back on the college site for the first time since my original post this is the first time I have used the mac in question since friday. 'softwareupdate' seems to be running fine again although 'pmset' is still crying every time I run it.

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Ok now its playing ball again, not complaining but thoroughly confused.

Cheers for trying to help Raz0rEdge.

Larkin
 

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