Re: shell script puzzle
--- Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/debsums -ca --generate=all
> --deb-path=/[...]
>
> I always thought the shell defaulted to bash or ksh, which is why I
> never put the #!/bin/sh at the top of the file, and this and all my
Like that makes for _any_ kind of portability. You really should ensure
that you *start* doing so -- add the #! line in.
> dozens of other bash scripts seem to work as expected. Why and how is
> perl being invoked here?
[n6tadam@station stow]$ file $(which debsums)
/usr/bin/debsums: perl script text executable
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