Re: (0/T) executeing script below public

From: Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:07:24 +0000
Subject: Re: (0/T) executeing script below public
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Ryan A wrote:
I noticed one funny thing about this script, it starts with: #!/bin/sh right on top but does not have a file extention...what kind of a file is this?
Unix-like systems do not rely on file extensions to determine the file type. It uses whats called a magic number (a unique reference for each filetype) to check a file type # /> file myfile which in this case should return myfile: Bourne shell script text executable Mike

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