Re: Petition: Treat #!... shebangs as comments

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Andrew Pennebaker
<andrew(dot)pennebaker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> As a workaround, I can use this shebang hack:
>
> $ cat hello.psql
> --() { :; }; exec psql -f "$0"

I hope that isn't patented! <grin?> "Cause I'm gonna use it when I need to.

>
> SELECT 'Hello World!';
>
> $ ./hello.psql
> ?column?
> --------------
> Hello World!
> (1 row)
>
> $ psql -f hello.psql
> ?column?
> --------------
> Hello World!
> (1 row)
>
> But I would prefer to use a traditional (#!/usr/bin/env psql -f) shebang. It
> took a few hours on irc to hack this one together.

FWIW - I like #! also. Even though it may cause the Windows users to
want something equivalent. Assuming there are any Windows people who
really use a command prompt.

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