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From: jab@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: #! in shell scripts - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 04:18:24 EST
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uokvax!jab    Mar  9 16:52:00 1984

One can't underestimate the power that the "#!" construct gives you.
You don't have to have a SHELL run the blame script.

For example, the following "exec-able shell script" tells you how many lines
are in the input:

	#!/bin/awk -f
	END { print NR }

Admittedly this is a simple example, but it hints on the flexibility this
gives you.

	Jeff Bowles
	Lisle, IL

ps. ":" is NOT a comment line -- it doesn't work predictably with the line
	: This (was) a comment