Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!jpl From: jpl@allegra.UUCP (John P. Linderman) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: #! in shell scripts Message-ID: <2337@allegra.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 08:39:00 EST Article-I.D.: allegra.2337 Posted: Tue Mar 6 08:39:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Mar-84 07:12:34 EST References: <326@dual.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 9 The convention that files beginning with "#!" are to be interpreted by the command whose name follows is a useful and flexible one. The convention that files beginning with "#" are csh scripts is inflexible and demonstrably wrong. It would be more productive to fix csh (and any other shells that don't recognize the useful convention) than to ask shell script authors to warp their scripts to match a bad assumption. John P. Linderman Department of Shell Shock Trauma allegra!jpl