!#/bin/bash

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11 Jan 2011, 2:43 pm

I write quite a few bash shell scripts. However recently the bang line of the script is not working. When I try to execute the script I get an error on line one: !#bin/bash No such file or dicrectory. As far as I know my syntax for the bang line is correct. I have written several other scripts and they have worked perfectly. I run Zubuntu 10.010

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11 Jan 2011, 2:52 pm

I thought shell scripts started with #! not !#

Aside from that, Ubuntu has moved to dash instead of bash for the default shell, so some scripts that use bashisms might not run properly.

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