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Subject: Re: Can't execute a script
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bob self <bobself@charter.net> writes:

> xxd scripttest:
>
> 0000000: 2321 2f62 696e 2f73 680d 0a65 6368 6f20  #!/bin/sh..echo
                                 ^^-- BAD NEWS

It doesn't work on 5.4, either, or probably any Unixy OS.

BTW, the base OS comes with "hd" for a similar display.