when the caracters #! are the first two of a script, it is not a comment.
It tells what executable should be used to interpret the commands of this
file.
so any script beginning with #!/bin/bash will be executed under /bin/bash
but others scripts with #!/bin/awk will be executed under awk ...
SO WHY DOES IT WORK WITHOUT ??
because you are already running /bin/bash. When you execute a script that
does not contain this 2 special caracters, the running shell is used ...
-----Message d'origine-----
De: Kuruvilla Chandy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Date: dimanche 20 septembre 1998 13:17
�: linux-newbie
Objet: curious about bash scripts
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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
