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csh shebang query

What does the "-f" mean in following interpreter code

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#!/bin/csh -f

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Last edited by animesharma; 07-22-2011 at 07:45 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
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Old 07-22-2011
From man csh:

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-f  The shell does not load any resource or startup files, or perform any command hashing, and thus starts faster

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