Most common #! format

Paul Jackson pj at sgi.com
Wed Mar 1 17:34:53 EST 2000


Don't know which is the most common, but:

    #!python

is a likely candidate for the least common.  

That's because this '#!' interpreter syntax requires the
full path (or at least a path relative to the current working
directory) of the interpreter.

That is, it doesn't to $PATH (execvp or execlp) path searches.

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See also a thread in comp.lang.python, late April 1988,
entitled:

    Advantages of #!/bin/env python?

which discusses the pros and cons of these alternatives.
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