Overview
The shebang (also writting shabang or sha-bang) is a magic character at the start of a script indicating what command should be run when invoking the script directly. It always begins with ASCII characters #!.
Some systems limit the length of interpreters to just 32 characters. A simple workaround when encountering this limitation is to introduce a symbolic link.
Bibliography
- Cooper, Mendel. “Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide,” n.d., 916.
- Robbins, Arnold D. “GAWK: Effective AWK Programming,” October 2023. https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.pdf