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What OS are you using? If you're using a Linux system, save it with the .pl file extension. The issue is probably because it's trying to read a Perl script that's saved in a .rtf word document file format.<br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF300796"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] on behalf of Ethan Sacoransky [ethansmith0898@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 11, 2014 7:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gradsusr] g2ctl command<br>
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<div>Good evening everyone,
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<div>Trying to generate a control file using g2ctl which i have in a rich text format file from this link: <a href="ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/g2ctl/g2ctl" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/g2ctl/g2ctl</a>. When i try to run the './g2ctl.rtf
gfs_4_20140112_1200_009.grb2>gfs_4_20140112_1200_009.ctl' command I get these error messages. Any help would be really appreciated. </div>
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<div>./g2ctl.rtf: line 1: {rtf1ansiansicpg1252cocoartf1138cocoasubrtf510: command not found</div>
<div>./g2ctl.rtf: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `}'</div>
<div>./g2ctl.rtf: line 2: `{\fonttbl\f0\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier;}'</div>
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<div>Thanks so much,</div>
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