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Old 07-12-2002
Nisha Nisha is offline
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Cool What does "#! /usr/bin/ksh" mean?
Whenever we write a shell script the first statement would be #! /usr/bin/ksh or something of the same..

What does this signify??? I know # is a comment.. what is this ! for???

Give in your thoughts....


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Nisha