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		zimpenfish on Sept 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Techniques I use to create a great user experience... > Could you change that by amending your $PATH I think the `#!/bin/bash` will always invoke that direct file without searching your $PATH. People say you can do `#!bash` to do a $PATH search but I've just tried that on macOS 15 and an Arch box running a 6.10.3 kernel and neither worked.

ndsipa_pomu on Sept 14, 2024 [–]

I think I misread the original recommendation as being the other way round i.e. to use #!/usr/bin/env bash instead of #!/bin/bash.

That's why env is generally preferred as it finds the appropriate bash for the system.

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