Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting “then”)

Question

I am making this code for a minecraft server plugin updater I am a new shell scripter so I don\'t know alot...
when I run this code I get a error:

#!/bin         


        

Answer 1

1. The Unix directory separator is forward slash not backslash.
2. Does your editor on windows have an option to save files in "Unix" file format? The shell is seeing the word then^M with a carriage return on the end. If you don't have dos2unix then try running this command: sed -i 's/\r$//' filename