Re^2: /usr/bin/env perl

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I know it is OT, but ... does /usr/bin/env perl makes much sense at all? In this case, I could simply write perl. I feel that env is mainly useful when used together with options, such as env -i for providing an empty environment for a command...

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Re^3: /usr/bin/env perl - query by JadeNB (Chaplain) on Oct 13, 2008 at 21:38 UTC
You are right that `/usr/bin/env perl` and `perl` will behave the same way on the command line. However, as JavaFan points out below, they are quite different when used on the shebang line (since the former will look for `perl` in your path, while the latter won't).	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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