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04-23-2006, 11:19 AM	#1
Texas_student LQ Newbie Registered: Mar 2006 Posts: 10 Rep:	purpose of #!/bin/bash What is the purpose of using #!/bin/bash to start off a script?

04-23-2006, 11:24 AM	#2
muddywaters Member Registered: May 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Distribution: mostly mepis Posts: 427 Rep:	If you are interested in scripts you will find lots of useful stuff here http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/sha-bang.html Read about sha-bang

04-23-2006, 11:52 AM	#3
Texas_student LQ Newbie Registered: Mar 2006 Posts: 10 Original Poster Rep:	Thank you very much

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