[TUHS] Bourne shell and comments

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Sat Apr 22 12:46:42 AEST 2017


On Wed, 19 Apr 2017, Andy Kosela wrote:

>       Heh apparently I missed Sven's links below his name... Well, nice 
>       writeup :) 
> 
> Yes indeed.  So while we are at it can we settle down once and for all 
> why and when the term "shebang" originated?  Is it derived from "shell 
> bang", or "sharp bang"?

Well, just to stir the possum a little, I've always called it "hash bang".

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