Re: bash scripts and files

[michael <cs@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

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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> > Subject: bash scripts and files
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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