# ./your\_program.sh: cannot execute: required file not found

**URL:** <https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059>\
**Category:** Challenges\
**Tags:** challenge:claude-code\
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059 "2026-04-22T03:35:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![gabrielbudke](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/gabrielbudke/32/23418_2.png) [@gabrielbudke](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/gabrielbudke)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/1 "2026-04-22T03:35:57Z")

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I’m stuck on improving my solution.

I’ve tried to run it locally following the README.md file and some other answers in this forum, but i cannot run without problem.

Here are my logs:

```auto
➜ ./your_program.sh 
bash: ./your_program.sh: cannot execute: required file not found

```

Here’s a link to my repo:

[gabrielbudke/codecrafters-claude-code-python: Build your own Claude Code](https://github.com/gabrielbudke/codecrafters-claude-code-python)

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**Author:** ![andy1li](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/andy1li/32/10_2.png) [@andy1li](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/andy1li)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/2 "2026-04-22T03:41:30Z")

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Hey @gabrielbudke, could you share which OS you’re using and a screenshot of how you’re running it?

Also, could you share the output of running `pwd` and `ls` as well?

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**Author:** ![gabrielbudke](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/gabrielbudke/32/23418_2.png) [@gabrielbudke](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/gabrielbudke)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/3 "2026-04-22T03:47:10Z")

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Hello, @andy1li!  
I’m using WSL with Ubuntu.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/codecrafters/original/3X/f/c/fc4a6d367e53ae4e78faad284f4fcd55305bcebb.png)

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**Author:** ![andy1li](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/andy1li/32/10_2.png) [@andy1li](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/andy1li)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/4 "2026-04-22T03:52:58Z")

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Thanks for sharing the screenshot! Hmm, that does look unusual.

Could you try running `file your_program.sh` and `bash your_program.sh` and share the output as well?

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**Author:** ![gabrielbudke](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/gabrielbudke/32/23418_2.png) [@gabrielbudke](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/gabrielbudke)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/5 "2026-04-22T03:57:00Z")

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Here it is:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/codecrafters/original/3X/5/7/572f2984a8989a2b4cda05a28edb28368d64cd99.png)

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**Author:** ![andy1li](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/andy1li/32/10_2.png) [@andy1li](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/andy1li)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/6 "2026-04-22T04:23:45Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/codecrafters/original/3X/d/8/d883c8468e4357ed1a65a8c1c46d2c1763cec441.jpeg)

Looks like this is a Windows CRLF line ending issue. Could you check whether this is coming from your editor or your Git settings? @gabrielbudke

One quick way to fix it:

```auto
sudo apt install dos2unix
dos2unix your_program.sh

```

Let me know how it goes!

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**Author:** ![andy1li](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/andy1li/32/10_2.png) [@andy1li](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/andy1li)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/7 "2026-04-30T03:18:24Z")

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/your-program-sh-cannot-execute-required-file-not-found/16059/8 "2026-05-05T03:18:46Z")

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