Questions tagged [shebang]
Use the tag /shebang if your question is about `#!`-string at the beginning of a script
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FreeBSD shebang error
I would like to put shebang #!/bin/sh -eufo pipefail in my script. But there're several things strange:
The script would fail with that shebang in FreeBSD but not when run on MacOS
on FreeBSd, the ...
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What does the `-eu` mean in `#!/bin/bash -eu` at the top of a bash script? (or any of `-abefhkmnptuvxBCHP`)
What does the eu mean after #!/bin/bash -eu at the top of a bash script?
Normally I begin my bash scripts with this hashbang/shebang:
#!/bin/bash
but I just came across one with
#!/bin/bash -eu
and ...
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Fix path used by shebang #!/usr/bin/perl and #!/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/perl
I can't find anyone that can help me fix this issue. after a recent centos update my CGI scrips that use:
#!/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/perl
or
#!/usr/bin/perl
are trying to use an old perl ...
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How do I know if my Python script has been called with the interpreter on the command line or as an executable (via shebang)?
Is there a way in a Python script to determine if the caller provided the interpreter on the command line or if the shebang line was used to determine the interpreter to use?
As a simple example, ...
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Why does a shebang script run as init= have an euid of 0 when run from an initrd, but not otherwise?
I am trying to create my own PID 1 init script, to be called from the boot cmdline with init=/myscript. How can I make it work on a real filesystem, with any kernel?
When it runs in an initrd, it ...
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Why would anyone use sh instead of bash? [closed]
I have to modify existing shell scripts and they start with
#!/bin/sh
What reason would someone use that on a system that also supports bash?
I am tempted to change it but I want to make sure there'...
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/bin/env : bad interpreter
I am on Linux Mint 19.03.
I have a setup shell script file, setup.sh. When I run ./setup.sh
muyustan@mint:~/Downloads/quartusExtracted$ ./setup.sh
bash: ./setup.sh: /bin/env: bad interpreter: No ...
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Ways for making a Scala script standalone in Linux?
Programming Scala says:
Invoking scripts with scala is tedious when you use these scripts
frequently. On Windows and Unix-like systems, you can create
standalone Scala scripts that don’t ...
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Pass options to AWK script bypassing AWK
Can I get arguments that happen to be AWK options passed directly to a pure AWK script?
Example script:
#!/usr/bin/env -S awk -f
BEGIN { if (ARGV[1] == "-h") print "whoop" }
I want ./myscript -h to ...
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/usr/bin/env python runs on cmdline, fails in #! line [duplicate]
I'm trying to make a python script runnable, by adding the following "shebang" first line:
#!/usr/bin/env python
but when I run the file, I get:
$ myscript.py
: No such file or directory
Now, if I ...
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POSIX shell scripts shebang #!/bin/sh vs #!/usr/bin/env sh, any difference?
I recently noticed that many scripts are using /usr/bin/env in their shebang. I have seen that mainly using Bash and Python, but thus far never in conjunction with POSIX sh (ash, dash,...).
I wonder ...
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/bin/ksh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory [duplicate]
I have script with #!/bin/ksh in the first line.
When I try to execute this script (run ./myscript.sh) the error occurred:
-bash: ./myscript.sh: /bin/ksh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
...
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sh -c in shebang [duplicate]
I have a file test with the content
#!/bin/sh -c 'echo was called with $0'
I if i execute it it with ./test, i would expect the OS to effectively execute
sh -c 'echo was called with $0' ./test
...
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1answer
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Invalid option name error with shebang “#!/bin/bash -o pipefail” in script [duplicate]
I have a file named test.sh:
#!/bin/bash -o pipefail
echo "Running test"
git diff HEAD^ HEAD -M --summary |
grep delete |
cut --delimiter=' ' -f 5
When I try to run this script as:
./test.sh
I ...
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Python script shebang behavior
I have a python script, in which I have the following shebang #!/usr/bin/python
the script permissions are -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 709 script.py the owner of the script is the same as the user I use ...
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Set default interpreter in fish shell
I've installed mill on arch linux with fish as my default shell. Since the file /usr/bin/mill doesn't start with a shebang, fish won't execute the file. Instead it responds with
$ mill
Failed to ...
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Why does second part of shebang have a priority?
I have python script running under different python executable than default one.
I have python executables both in /usr/bin and in /mydir/mybins.
If I run, I get:
$which python
/usr/bin/python
And ...
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shebang or not shebang
I want to use a program in the shebang, so I create a script named <myscript> with:
#!<mypgm>
I also want to be able to run <mypgm> directly from the command prompt.
<mypgm> ...
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Who runs the interpreter for files that are execute-only?
If the current user only has execute (--x) permissions on a file, under which user does the interpreter (specified by #!/path/to/interpreter at the beginning of the file) run?
It couldn't be the ...
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Is it correct to use /bin/sh in the hashbang if the Bourne shell isn't available in a distribution?
Generally, shell scripts contain the following comment at the first line of the script file: #!/bin/sh. According to the researches that I made, this is called "hash bang" and it is conventional ...
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Why is the behavior of the `#!` syntax unspecified by POSIX?
From the Shell Command Language page of the POSIX specification:
If the first line of a file of shell commands starts with the characters "#!", the results are unspecified.
Why is the behavior of #...
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How does this shebang that starts with a double hyphen (--) work?
I have found the following kind of shebang in the RosettaCode page:
--() { :; }; exec db2 -txf "$0"
It works for Db2, and a similar thing for Postgres. However, I do not understand the whole line.
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Why does a script without she-bang can be run? [duplicate]
As far as I understand, to make kernel execve a non-ELF file, the file must be a script started with a she-bang #!, but I have a script run successfully without it, why does this happen?
xtricman⚓...
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Separate environment with different /bin/sh
I have a bunch of shell scripts which incorrectly assume /bin/sh to be equivalent to /bin/bash. E.g., they have the #!/bin/sh shebang, but use the source command instead of . (dot).
I run Ubuntu 16, ...
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Why do I need this shebang? [duplicate]
perldoc perlrun contains this example:
#!/bin/sh
#! -*-perl-*-
eval 'exec perl -x -wS $0 ${1+"$@"}'
if 0;
But I don't understand why it might be needed.
For example, if my perl interpreter ...
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Why does shebang lead to a different process name than an explicit call?
Summary
Using mirage as an example, a python program that begins with a shebang:
#!/usr/bin/python
...
Looking at /proc/<pid>/comm or using pgrep, it appears like ...
... the process name ...
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Why doesn't “ps ax” find a running bash script without the “#!” header?
When I run this script, intended to run until killed...
# foo.sh
while true; do sleep 1; done
...I'm not able to find it using ps ax:
>./foo.sh
// In a separate shell:
>ps ax | grep foo.sh
...
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Upstart script with expect scripting
Please give me advices about expect scripting combined with an upstart script.
There are 3 scripts that I am dealing with right now.
Script A) Java program
PATH: /opt/~~/manager
Script B) ...
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Run python script without declare it interpreter
I have such a program to check methods of data from the command line:
me at me in ~/Desktop/Coding/codes
$ cat check_methods.py
#! /usr/bin/env python
from sys import argv
methods = dir(eval(argv[1]))...
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How is a bash script executed via its filename as command name with and without shebang?
From bash manual:
3.7.2 Command Search and Execution
After a command has been split into words, if it results in a simple
command and an optional list of arguments, the following actions are
...
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/usr/bin/env: ‘awk -f’: No such file or directory [duplicate]
Linux shylock-archinux 4.15.15-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Mar 31 23:59:25 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
My machine is above.Anyone know what happend?
The script with shebang #! /usr/bin/env awk -f don't ...
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How shall I allow more than one arguments to the interpreter in a shebang in a script
From Glenn's reply:
Read your execve(2) man page. The limitation on a single optional
argument is OS dependent. Linux treats all words after the interpreter
as one single argument
If you ...
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Basic usage of /etc/cron/ (d): correct pattern for /etc/cron (daily/weekly/monthly)
I use Ubuntu 16.04 with Bash and I've created this extensionless, shebangless file /etc/cron.daily/cron_daily:
for dir in "$drt"/*/; do
if pushd "$dir"; then
wp plugin update --all --allow-root
wp ...
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What are the pro's and con's in using the “-l” in a script shebang
I recently came up to an easy fix for a crontab logging issue and I am wondering what are the pro's and con's of using this specific fix (running a script with a "login shell flag"), as:
#!/bin/bash -...
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Too many shebang (script declaration) lines — any way to reduce their amount?
I have a project comprised of about 20 small .sh files. I name these "small" because generally, no file has more than 20 lines of code. I took a modular approach because thus I'm loyal to the Unix ...
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shebang and command parameters [duplicate]
I tried to pass parameters to bash in shebang of executable script:
#! /usr/bin/env bash -ex
false
But I get an error:
/usr/bin/env: ‘bash -ex’: No such file or directory
Should I avoid to use /...
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cannot get scripts to run in a Lubuntu (Xenial) Minimal (+LXDE) VM with shebangs
I embarrassed myself a little here with a simple typo and a profound ignorance. Save yourself some grief:
your hasbangs/shebangs must always have a leading /, such as #!/bin/bash
be precise
if you ...
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Fastest way to determine if shebang is present
If I have a file with
#!/usr/bin/env foobar
what is the fastest/best way to determine if this file has a hashbang? I hear you can just read the first 2 bytes? How?
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Can I use a variable content as a shebang? [closed]
I have a shell script in which I want to add a shebang.
Given a variable defined as follows:
SHEBANG="#!/bin/sh"
My question is if I can use that variable in another script like this:
$SHEBANG
# ...
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Change the default executable for file with potentially missing shebang
I have a library - users are to create executable files, potentially with a hashbang to tell exec which executable to use. If they omit the hashbang, then I think most systems default to /bin/sh, I ...
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#!/usr/bin/env foo #!vs /usr/bin/foo [duplicate]
Which of the above forms is "better" for running bash, python etc. scripts? Why can't I just do #!$(which foo)? Is it neccecery to specify full path to env? I gather from this answer, that the path /...
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xslt shbang: Using xslt from the command line
I have (foolishly?) written a couple of moderately general-purpose xslt
scripts.
I'd quite like to turn these into executables that read an xml document from standard in or similar.
The way you do ...
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Multiple arguments in shebang
I am wondering whether there is a general way of passing multiple options to an executable via the shebang line (#!).
I use NixOS, and the first part of the shebang in any script I write is usually /...
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What is the actual command executed when running a script with a shebang as its name with same arguments?
From bash manual about shebang
Most versions of Unix make this a part of the operating system’s
command execution mechanism. If the first line of a script begins with
the two characters‘ #!’, ...
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Avoid passing environment variable to python script
I have a small python script
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import some_python3_module
def main():
# do stuff
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
and cannot run this script with Python3, since ROS ...
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Multiple arguments in shebang lines
Linux only supports one argument in a shebang line:
This:
#!/bin/sh
cat > pr_args <<'EOF'
#!/bin/sh -e
printf "'%s'\n" "$@"
EOF
cat > shebang <<'EOF'
#!pr_args a b c
EOF
chmod +x ...
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validity check all files in a folder depending on the shebang [closed]
I have a project with some lua and some bash files. I want to loop over all files and depending on the shebang I want to execute a validity check.
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Which shell interpreter runs a script with no shebang?
Suppose the default shell for my account is zsh but I opened the terminal and fired up bash and executed a script named prac002.sh, which shell interpreter would be used to execute the script, zsh or ...
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Choose interpreter after script start e.g. if/else inside hashbang
Is there any way to dynamically choose the interpreter that's executing a script? I have a script that I'm running on two different systems, and the interpreter I want to use is located in different ...
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Why am I able to pass arguments to /usr/bin/env in this case?
I read in another answer that I'm not able to pass arguments to the interpreter than I'm giving to /usr/bin/env:
Another potential problem is that the #!/usr/bin/env trick doesn't let you pass ...
