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. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz