Request for information

[mkalita]

Hi,

I have a basic doubt regarding octave interpreter.

I am trying to run an octave script.

At the command line terminal, when I usually run /usr/bin/octave and then
a file a2, it runs fine.

When I make a script file a with the contents-

#! /usr/bin/octave -qf
/home/ubuntu/Desktop/b/a2.m;

and run a,

it says 1: %: not found
        2: Syntax error: Bad for loop variable

(The first line of my a2 file is a comment an second line starts a for loop).

Thanks
Mrinmay Kalita