#blantantly simple test to figure out script problems

echo "this is working - type something for me to repeat it"
read input
echo $input

#!bin/bash

#blantantly simple test to figure out script problems

echo "this is working - type something for me to repeat it"
read input
echo $input

x@computer:~$ echotest
this is working - type something for me to repeat it
test1
test1

x@computer:~$ echotest-bin-bash
bash: /home/x/bin/echotest-bin-bash: bin/bash: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
x@computer:~$ echotest-bin-dash
bash: /home/x/bin/echotest-bin-dash: bin/bash: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
x@computer:~$ echotest-bin-sh
bash: /home/x/bin/echotest-bin-sh: bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

x@computer:~$ ./echotest-bin-bash
bash: ./echotest-bin-bash: No such file or directory

x@computer:~$ echotest
bash: /home/x/bin/echotest: No such file or directory

x@computer:~$ sudo /usr/local/bin/echotest
this is working - type something for me to repeat it
test
test

x@computer:~$ sudo /usr/local/bin/echotest-bin-bash
sudo: unable to execute /usr/local/bin/echotest-bin-bash: No such file or directory
Hangup

x@computer:~$ echo $PATH
/home/x/bin:/home/x/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii  dash           0.5.8-2.1ubu amd64        POSIX-compliant shell

ii  bash           4.3-14ubuntu amd64        GNU Bourne Again SHell

x@computer:~$ file "$(type -P bash)" 2>/dev/null
/bin/bash: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=[redacted for the forum], stripped

x@computer:~$ type -p bash
/bin/bash