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Re: shebang length limits
From: |
Greg Wooledge |
Subject: |
Re: shebang length limits |
Date: |
Fri, 5 Sep 2014 08:20:03 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.3i |
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 08:09:40AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> What exactly is the limit on the length of a shebang line in an
> executable script, when called from within bash?
Shebangs are handled by the kernel, not by bash. For more details,
Sven Mascheck's page is the best out there:
http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/shebang/
So, the answer depends on your operating system.