#readwise # Shebang (Unix) - Wikipedia ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[en.wikipedia.org]] - Full Title: Shebang (Unix) - Wikipedia - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) ## Highlights - In computing, a shebang is the character sequence consisting of the characters number sign and exclamation mark (`#!`) at the beginning of a script. It is also called sharp-exclamation, sha-bang, hashbang, pound-bang, or hash-pling. - if a script is named with the path `path/to/script`, and it starts with the following line, `#!/bin/sh`, then the program loader is instructed to run the program `/bin/sh`, passing `path/to/script` as the first argument.