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Re: bash scripts and files

From: michael <cs(at)networkingnewsletter.org.uk>
Date: Mon Dec 31 2007 - 06:07:01 EST

On 30 Dec 2007, at 18:11, Gerard Robin wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 05:17:43PM +0000, michael wrote:

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>> Folks, can somebody point me to an authorative reference that
>> explains when one needs to put, eg,
>> #!/bin/bash
>> as the first line of a script and whether or not it's required/
>> surplus/ignored for bash specific files such as .bashrc
>> and .bash_profile

> have look at:
> 
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/invoking.html
> The whole tutorial is in the package: abs-guide

Thanks, probably the previous chapter ("she-bang") was of more use but a useful ref. However, I'm still trying to understand why it's not usual to have a she-bang for the .bash_profile and .bashrc files. That documentation reads as if it's expected - they are scripts and contain shell specific syntax.

Thanks, Michael

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