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Bug 124543

Summary:	Allow #! lines in scripts to specify language instead of extension.
Product:	platform	Reporter:	kjmcdonald <kjmcdonald>
Component:	-- Other --	Assignee:	issues@platform <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description kjmcdonald 2008-01-01 04:08:39 UTC

Please allow more ways to determine file type, not just file extension.

Most times user-visibuile scripts are not named with .sh or any other extension. 

I would like to see the ability to look inside the file to determin file type. For UNIX and UNIX-like scripts, it would
be nice to look for patterns in the first line that begins with "#!". The remainder of the line should fully describe
the interpreter that script uses.