# Re: shebang - what's the point?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shebang-whats-the-point/103921>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 11, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shebang-whats-the-point/103921 "2007-05-11T17:50:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jah)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shebang-whats-the-point/103921/1 "2007-05-11T17:50:48Z")

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Probably best not to call a script by the same name as a unix command.

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**Author:** ![jah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jah)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-shebang-whats-the-point/103921/2 "2007-05-11T18:36:52Z")

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> Probably best not to call a script by the same name as a unix command.

Very true, my bad! So rename it to ‘steroidsort’ and (the other thing I  
forgot :-() make it executable.

Cheers,

Christian L.