Strange syntax error, occurs only when script is executed directly

[Tim Chase]

On 2014-04-22 22:52, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I'm pretty sure the POSIX standard stipulates that a space there is
> optional. Should be no difference between "#!/" and "#! /" on any
> compliant OS. (But I can't right now find a citation for that, so I
> may be wrong.)

I wondered this too, so went researching and found this:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_%28Unix%29#Magic_number

which said that there was actually some contention that the space was
required, but that the specs state that both with-and-without are
permissible.

-tkc