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Is this still called a shell directive or is it called a Perl Directive? Just want to make sure I learn the lingo properly.

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Re^2: Perl Directive
by edan (Curate) on Dec 13, 2004 at 07:18 UTC

    The lingo-istically correct name for it is "shebang line"

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    edan

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Re^2: Perl Directive
by gaal (Parson) on Dec 13, 2004 at 07:18 UTC
    I've seen shell directive used. It's a general mechanism used by the kernel to start the proper shell, after all. (And also, you make the file "directly" executable :)

    "Shebang line" is also used a lot, as sgifford notes.

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