shebang

the symbol "#!", used in computing at the beginning of a shell script to specify an interpreter
Thing sequence Q1411020
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shebang

Summary

shebang is a sequence[1]. shebang ranks in the top 8% of sequence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,219 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • shebang is credited with the discovery of Dennis M. Ritchie[3].
  • shebang's image is recorded as Poundexclam.svg[4].
  • shebang's instance of is recorded as sequence[5].
  • shebang's instance of is recorded as magic number[6].
  • sharp is named after shebang[7].
  • number sign is named after shebang[8].
  • Unix shell is named after shebang[9].
  • exclamation mark is named after shebang[10].
  • shebang's followed by is recorded as absolute path[11].
  • shebang's followed by is recorded as argument[12].
  • shebang's part of is recorded as shell script[13].
  • shebang's has use is recorded as interpreter directive[14].
  • shebang's Commons category is recorded as Shebang[15].
  • shebang's has part is recorded as number sign[16].
  • shebang's has part is recorded as exclamation mark[17].
  • +1980-01-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of shebang[18].
  • shebang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bddn5[19].
  • shebang's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/shebang[20].
  • shebang's used by is recorded as loader[21].
  • shebang's has part is recorded as character[22].
  • shebang's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Shebang[23].
  • shebang's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780459257[24].
  • shebang's Namuwiki ID is recorded as #![25].
  • shebang's FOLDOC ID is recorded as shebang[26].

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Works and Contributions

shebang is credited with the discovery of Dennis M. Ritchie[3].

Why It Matters

shebang ranks in the top 8% of sequence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,219 views/month).[2] shebang has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] shebang is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . mckusick.com. mckusick.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shebang_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shebang}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shebang}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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