yeah - normally, windows doesn't care about #! lines (so long as the perl program doesn't either), since windows thinks in terms of file-extensions and associations. Soooo... why use it on windows? Well...

~ servers (even those on localhost windows) may require it. (My apache gets upset when i omit my #!C:\perl\bin\perl.exe line.)

~ most script problems are the same for *nix users or windows people. So, it's helpful to have one method in the posts (and easier to search for).

~ i'd think most perl-scripts are eventually written with the idea, that they'll eventually end up on a *nix platform. Like etcshadow said - it's a good habit.

~ if it's more trouble to delete/re-add/delete/re-add it as needed - rather than just having it to begin with... why omit it?

just my take. I'd rather be writing perl code, than trying to figure out, if i needed the shebang line or not "am i only going to use this thru the prompt... or do i intend to use it thru the server...?"

including it is just easier. :-)

In reply to Re: Using Perl, some Windows version and #!usr/bin/perl, WHY? by wolfi
in thread Using Perl, some Windows version and #!usr/bin/perl, WHY? by muba

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