[tbb-bugs] #13717 [Tor Browser]: Make "sh start-tor-browser" give a useful error message

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#13717: Make "sh start-tor-browser" give a useful error message
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 Reporter:  arma         |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
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 The blog comments have some Ubuntu users who try to start their Tor
 Browser with
 {{{sh start-tor-browser}}} (I guess because they can't click-click on it
 and this is how they think you run scripts) and their result is a
 confusing {{{start-tor-browser: 221: start-tor-browser: Syntax error: "("
 unexpected}}}.

 Perhaps we can stick some shell ninja code in earlier to recognize that
 it's not bash we're running under, and tell the user how to run it
 correctly?

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