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I searched google but couldn’t find an answer to this rather simple question. I have a python script that has the hash-bang (#!) on the first line:
#!/usr/bin/python However, what if this is run on a computer with python in /bin/python or /usr/local/bin/python, or some other place? There has to be a better way to set the interpreter for a shell script. It should be possible to set it via $PATH, as that will know where to find python if it’s installed on the system.
Use env.
It’s not bulletproof, but it covers more cases than /usr/bin/python.