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free-zombie · Nov 18th, 2006, 3:01 AM

you can create a script from any editor, so you could start an emacs from a csh or run an instance of SciTE on a remote computer and still write a bash script. 'bash' is the most commonly used shell, but 'sh' is the only one you can guarantee to exist - bash is fully compatible with any vanilla bourne sh.

The first line of a shell script, or any script (including python, perl, ruby...) tells the system how to run it if it begins with '#!' this means that

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#!/bin/sh

tells the system that './script.sh' (if that's the script...) is equivalent to "/bin/sh ./script.sh" /

Nov 18th, 2006, 3:01 AM	#6
free-zombie Programmer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	you can create a script from any editor, so you could start an emacs from a csh or run an instance of SciTE on a remote computer and still write a bash script. 'bash' is the most commonly used shell, but 'sh' is the only one you can guarantee to exist - bash is fully compatible with any vanilla bourne sh. The first line of a shell script, or any script (including python, perl, ruby...) tells the system how to run it if it begins with '#!' this means that (Toggle Plain Text) #!/bin/sh #!/bin/sh tells the system that './script.sh' (if that's the script...) is equivalent to "/bin/sh ./script.sh" /