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> From feeley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tue May 22 14:10:54 2001 ...deleted > Rather than speculate about all the possible differences (/usr/bin/env > vs. /bin/env, 32 character limit, space vs. no space), how about > trying it out on a bunch of Unix implementations and reporting the > results? ...deleted Results included below. > For this purpose I have written the script attached below. Just put > it in the file "testscript", type "source testscript" on the Unix ...deleted Just a minor detail, but 'source' only works in csh (and derivates, presumably including bash). 'Normal' shells (sh, ksh and rc :-), use '.' instead. As in '. testscript'. The results: testscript 1.0 SunOS avc280 5.7 Generic_106541-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Tue May 22 14:24:06 MET DST 2001 -------------------- ./script1 #! /usr/bin/env cat -------------------- ./script2 #!/usr/bin/env cat -------------------- ./script3 #! /usr/bin/env cat #! /usr/bin/env ./script3-helper-file890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567 -------------------- ./script4 #!/usr/bin/env cat #!/usr/bin/env ./script4-helper-file7890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567 -------------------- ./script5 #! /bin/env cat -------------------- ./script6 #!/bin/env cat -------------------- ./script7 #! /bin/env cat #! /bin/env ./script7-helper-file4567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567 -------------------- ./script8 #!/bin/env cat #!/bin/env ./script8-helper-file34567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567