Profile - syntax error near unexpected token 'newline'

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Profile - syntax error near unexpected token 'newline'

My MAC (PowerBook G4) doesn't start because of a error.
The Mac OSX (10.4) went is strat the Mac it appears an error in the terminal (Unix/Dos like command terminal) with the fowling message:

-sh: /etc/profile:line 1: syntax error near unexpected token 'newline'
-sh: /etc/profile:line 1: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'
-sh-2.05b#

I have open the file "profile" and it it is not complete.
Can anyone help me?

Thanks

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 1.5 GHz - 1.5GB DDR

Posted on Dec 31, 2009 3:56 AM

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BDAqua

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Dec 31, 2009 7:01 AM in response to va2m

Here's my...

/private/etc/profile


# System-wide .profile for sh(1)
if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
 eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi
if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
 [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi

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va2m Author

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Jan 1, 2010 12:18 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks for your quick answer.
I could not found the solution yet. I have so many doubts at this moment, and the problem remain.

Where do I put that script? In the /private/etc/profile?

But I can't change the file because it is read-only file system. How can I change the file permissions so I can write the code you sent to me for the file /private/etc/profile?

Can you help me?
Thank you

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BDAqua

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Jan 1, 2010 1:14 PM in response to va2m

OK, restart your computer, hold down Command-s and type in the following:

/sbin/fsck -fy Enter

/sbin/mount -uaw Enter

That'll make it read & writable.

Hopefully another User will drop n on how to use Pico or whatever the built in Editor is.

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va2m Author

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Jan 11, 2010 1:04 PM in response to BDAqua

I have tried this but the file still changed, I don't know why.

Now I have installed the mac osx from Zero, it was not easy and a lost a lot of files and information.

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