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surround on June 22, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Brave Search beta

> In computing, a shebang is the character sequence consisting of the characters number sign and exclamation mark (#!) at the beginning of a script.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)

The word "shebang" has different uses outside of computing, but I can't find any use of the word that refers to a ! without a #

x4e on June 22, 2021 [–]

Note the (Unix) part of the Wikipedia URL. This is an entirely different context.

surround on June 23, 2021 | [–]

So in which context does "shebang" refer to a ! without a # ? I can't find any definition like that online.

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