Question

Can I make a CoffeeScript file executable just like a Perl or shell script?

Something like adding

#!coffee

on top? (I tried that, and all I get is ‘bad interpreter’)

I’m on OS X if that makes a difference.

Answer 1

You can use:

#!/usr/bin/env coffee

console.log 'hello coffeescript!'

Just make sure you also make the file executable:

chmod +x myfile.coffee

Then you can run it with:

myfile.coffee