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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:25:58 -0500
From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>
To: Jeff Jeter <gsfgf@hotmail.com>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Shell Scripts
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:19:45PM -0500, Jeff Jeter wrote:
> How do i make a shell script run if i just type in the file name if i am in
> the dir or if it's in my path?
> 
In the very first line of the script put #!/path/to/interpreter
(/bin/sh or /usr/bin/perl or whatever), and set the script
executable with chmod(1).

mike
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