how do you describe '#!' in written english?

[SHIGETOMI, Takuhiko]

quick question.
sorry, this is not a question of Ruby but a more general inquiry.

I'd like to ask you how do you describe '#!' which we always put at the
head of the scripting source code file.
I know that its pronunciation is 'she bang' but am not sure that this
'she bang' would be correct description or not.

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<name species-designation="5618" default-lang="ja_JP">SHIGETOMI,Takuhiko</name>
<contact medium="email">[email protected]</contact>
<location federational-alias="/galaxy/alpha-quadrant/sector-001/earth/">
/void/3d/universe/milkyway-galaxy/orion's-arm/sol-solar-system/3rd-planet/fareast/jp/tky/
</location>
<hail>resistance is futile.</hail>

 

[Jim Freeze]

Yes, it is known as the shebang or the Berkeley !# hack.

Make that Berkely #! hack.

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http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00274.html
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Jim Freeze

 

[James Britt]

quick question.
sorry, this is not a question of Ruby but a more general inquiry.

I'd like to ask you how do you describe '#!' which we always put at the
head of the scripting source code file.
I know that its pronunciation is 'she bang' but am not sure that this
'she bang' would be correct description or not.

See The Hacker's Dictionary:

http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/jargon/jargon.html#shebang

James


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