Tomcat win't start after install

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Tomcat 6.0.35
Ubuntu 12.04

I am attempting to start using:

sudo /opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/startup.sh start

All I get is:

Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35
Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr
Using CLASSPATH: /opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/bootstrap.jar
Usage: catalina.sh ( commands ... )
commands:
debug Start Catalina in a debugger
debug -security Debug Catalina with a security manager
jpda start Start Catalina under JPDA debugger
run Start Catalina in the current window
run -security Start in the current window with security manager
start Start Catalina in a separate window
start -security Start in a separate window with security manager
stop Stop Catalina, waiting up to 5 seconds for the process to end
stop n Stop Catalina, waiting up to n seconds for the process to end
stop -force Stop Catalina, wait up to 5 seconds and then use kill -KILL if still running
stop n -force Stop Catalina, wait up to n seconds and then use kill -KILL if still running
version What version of tomcat are you running?
Note: Waiting for the process to end and use of the -force option require that $CATALINA_PID is defined

which looking at catalina.sh looks like the default "how to use this command" when the "start" is not included on the end?
Checking which java logged in as me (or as sudo) I get:

eric@sl24:~$ which java
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
eric@sl24:~$ sudo which java
/usr/bin/java

The shortcut /usr/bin/java points to /etc/alternatives/java which points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java

This is kicking my tail...any ideas anyone?

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Found it. What a difference a fresh start the next day makes.

In catalina.sh there is a place where it runs a file to set custom environment variables if needed:

# Ensure that any user defined CLASSPATH variables are not used on startup,
# but allow them to be specified in setenv.sh, in rare case when it is needed.
CLASSPATH=

if [ -r "$CATALINA_BASE/bin/setenv.sh" ]; then
  . "$CATALINA_BASE/bin/setenv.sh"
elif [ -r "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh" ]; then
  . "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh"
fi

in my setenv.sh file I had the following line:

set CMIS_CONFIG="-Dexo.data.dir=$CATALINA_HOME/external/xcmis/ext-exo-data -Dorg.exoplatform.container.standalone.config=$CATALINA_HOME/external/xcmis/ext-exo-conf/exo-configuration-mysql.xml"

For some reason when that line executed it wiped out the parameter passed to catalina.sh. That made catalina.sh use it's default behavior and echo usage instructions. I removed the "set" from the line and all is now groovy!