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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.... Thanks, Nisha |
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Yes, that is it. But, this kind of comment should be in your first line of the script, only then does it take this form. Also, when your shell comes across this line, a new process is spawned and replaced with this shell of your choice, and it is this process which will parse your script.
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