I am on Windows. Is it okay for me to put a unix style shebang line in my scripts? I would do this for the scripts that I intend to run across platforms. I think the shebang is mostly ignored on Windows.Robert:
Ex: #!/usr/bin/perl
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The "shebang" line has (at least) 2 uses in windows:
1) You can develop your code locally for a number of platforms (ie. prototype your code at the kids' soccer game on your windows laptop & later send it to the server..)
2) Put your script in a 'bat' file so you can call it with the "-x" switch and do some checking ...
@echo off if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto WinNT perl -x -S "%0" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 goto endofperl :WinNT perl -x -S %0 %* if NOT "%COMSPEC%" == "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe" goto endofperl if %errorlevel% == 9009 echo You do not have Perl in your PATH. if errorlevel 1 goto script_failed_so_exit_with_non_zero_val 2>nul goto endofperl @rem '; #!/usr/bin/perl -w # your code goes here #
