Re: curious about bash scripts

[Kurt Wall]

Kuruvilla Chandy spake, saying:
% Hi,
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% Why do a lot of bash scripts start with the first line as #!/bin/bash?
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% They seem to work just as well without.
%  
% Thanks,
% Ishaaq Chandy

1. Please don't post in HTML.
2. This tells whatever shell you're using to use /bin/bash to run the
script.  

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Kurt