Not everyone uses /bin/bash as their shell. This will allow you to run a bash
script from another shell.
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Kurt Wall wrote:
>Kuruvilla Chandy spake, saying:
>% Hi,
>%
>% Why do a lot of bash scripts start with the first line as #!/bin/bash?
>%
>% 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
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