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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Force script to use /bin/sh?
Message-ID: <7105@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 18 Feb 90 04:40:31 GMT
References: <15178@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <15178@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes:
: I might add in passing that Perl ought to respect the #! notation itself,
: and pass scripts to the chosen interpreter (if it doesn't end in 'perl').
: 
: *** THIS WOULD MAKE A NICE THING TO ADD IN PATCH 9 LARRY ***

*** OK I ADDED IT TO PATCH 9 TOM ***

: hee hee

ho ho

Another perl hack adjustor,
Larry

P.S. Here's the scoop: if argv[0] contains "perl", and #!WHATEVER doesn't
contain "perl", it will invoke WHATEVER for you.  It will even throw
in the first argument after WHATEVER like it's supposed to.  Note that
it recognizes "perl" anywhere in the WHATEVER, not just at the end.