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Thanks for the answer! But do I have to use .command extension, or Finder is smart enough to try to execute any executable file with any name that has sheebang line using system() syscall?
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Re^3: Can files with extension ".command" on MacOSX be perl scripts? What is a way to let users execute Perl scripts on macosx from Finder?
by Taulmarill (Deacon) on Feb 14, 2005 at 14:17 UTC
    finder identifies files by it's extension, so you have to name it foo.command.
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