>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix):
In computing, a shebang (also called a hashbang, hashpling, pound bang, or crunchbang) refers to the characters "#!" when they are the first two characters in a text file. In a Unix-like operating system, the program loader takes the presence of these two characters as an indication that the file is a script, and tries to execute that script using the interpreter specified by the rest of the first line in the file. Mark On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 14:49 -0700, Katt wrote: > Hello all, > > Numerous times I see the following as the first line of a python program: > > #! /usr/bin/python > > What is this for or do for the program? > > Thanks in advance, > > Katt > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
