-bash: startup.sh: command not found - Apache Tomcat 8

If you are trying to run startup.sh shell script to Start Apache Tomcat 8 server and you are getting -bash: startup.sh: command not found error message in Terminal Console on your Mac OS X operating system then you much check the following,

Make sure you are at the bin directory where startup.sh script is located example :

Users/code2care/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/

You must you prefix ./ before startup.sh, ie $ ./startup.sh or else you will get -bash: startup.sh: command not found.

Make sure you have executed permission for startup.sh, else use chmod to modify permissions.

bash-3.2$ cd /Users/code2care/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/
bash-3.2$ ./startup.sh

Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home
Using CLASSPATH: /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Tomcat started.

bash-3.2$