Re: suggestions: for bash shell: "shebam's and shebang's"

[Greg Wooledge]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 01:30:02PM -0500, Bill William wrote:
> The problem with the shebang is that its not a file type its an
> executable...what is needed is the option to only specify a file type...
> examples:
> 
> //Example Shebang:       #!/usr/bin/perl
> //Example Shebam:        #:utf8
> //Example Shebam:        #:ascii
> //Example Shebam:        #:b64encrypt

You are missing a key piece of information: it's not bash who reads and
acts upon the shebang.  It's the kernel.  To bash, it's just a comment.