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Wed, 09 February 2005 03:46

Naveen Verma
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Registered: August 2004

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Hi
I found #! /bin/ksh in each and every script.
plz tell me the use of it.

Regards
Verma

Wed, 09 February 2005 04:00

Frank Naude
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Registered: April 1998

Senior Member

Hi,

It instructs the operating system to use /bin/ksh (Korn Shell) to execute/interpret the statements within the file.

Best regards.

Frank

Wed, 09 February 2005 19:57

Naveen Verma
Messages: 60
Registered: August 2004

Member

Hi Frank
Thank you very much for your immediate response.

Regards
Verma

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