VanL <vlindberg at verio.net> writes: > In vi, instead of > !#/usr/bin/env python You mean #!, not !#. > you will see > !#/usr/bin/env python^M Unless you're using vim, like any sane vi user on Slackware or Red Hat will. Vim will happily conclude you're editing a file with CRLF line endings, stripping them on input and adding them again on output.