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		modeless on Aug 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε I'm talking about scripts without the shebang (#!) line.

JoshTriplett on Aug 24, 2020 [–]

I'm sorry, I completely misread that.

There were once systems where scripts with the shebang line would get run by the shell rather than the kernel, hence my confusion.

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