Mac OS 11.6 zsh: exec format error: ./redbean.com

[frederikfab]

When trying to run the redbean demo, i get an error from zsh

curl https://redbean.dev/redbean-demo-2.0.1.com >redbean.com
chmod +x redbean.com
./redbean.com -v

The output is
zsh: exec format error: ./redbean.com

since zsh is now the default shell in MacOS, this seems to need attention. Running it in bash works fine however.

bash
./redbean.com

works as expected

[Infinita740]

Hi,

I think this is a known issue.

Workaround from https://redbean.dev#install:

bash -c './redbean.com -v'  # zsh/fish workaround (we upstreamed patches!)

[jart]

Thank you for helping our friend @Infinita740. Please use bash in the meantime. You can also upgrade to the latest version of zsh. I upstreamed a patch with the zhs project over a year ago. I believe it'll eventually make its way into the default MacOS shell. zsh-users/zsh@326d9c2

[bstro]

I'm on MacOS 11.6.7 and upgraded my version of zsh to 5.9 but still run into the same error. Using bash -c ./redbean.com as a workaround.