What is the Bash Shebang and How to Use it

What is the Bash Shebang and How to Use it

This tutorial will explain what Bash Shebang is and how to use the Shebang characters in Bash scripts on the Linux system.

Shebang is a sequence of two characters: a number sign (#) and an exclamation mark (!) that gives us the #! at the beginning of every script we need to write. Shebang is also known as hashbang, pound-bang, or hash-pling. It is always defined in the first line of the script and is ignored by the interpreter.

In the next paragraphs, we will show you how to use the Shebang with real examples. Let’s get started!

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