On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:04 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 4/24/2015 9:47 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> >> On 04/24/2015 03:57 AM, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: >>> >>> if you leave it out the script will run in whatever environment it >>> currently is in. >> >> >> I'm reasonably certain that a script with no shebang will run with >> /bin/sh. I interpret your statement to mean that if a user is using ksh and >> enters the path to such a script, it would also run in ksh. That would only >> be true if you "sourced" the script from your shell. > > > oh fun, just did some tests (using c6.latest). if you're in bash, ./script > (sans shebang) runs it in bash. if you're in dash or csh, ./script runs it > in sh. if you're in ksh, it runs it in ksh. > If I'm doing cron jobs or a top-level control script I usually just specify the interpreter explicitly like cd somewhere && sh some_script.sh cd somewhere_else && perl some_script.pl so it works even if I forget to chmod it executable... -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos