In computing, a shebang is the character sequence #!, consisting of the characters number sign (also known as sharp or hash) and exclamation mark (also known as bang), at the beginning of a script. It is also called sharp-exclamation, sha-bang,[1][2] hashbang,[3][4] pound-bang,[5][6] or hash-pling.[7] When a text file with a shebang is used as if it is an executable in a Unix-like operating system
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