▲ 85 ▼ When did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 months ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dcoe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) It’s a sh, as in #!/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bisby@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 child) #! is "hash bang" so still hash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magister@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) I have always called that shebang. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bisby@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children) Fascinating. The wikipedia page is for shebang so clearly you are right. But the wikipedia page also cites it being called hashbang -- citing mostly o'reilly books. Now I'm intrigued, not that I have a lot of reason to talk about shell scripts, but I had never heard it called any other way. TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* In college we were taught "hash exclamation, aka hash bang or shebang for short". permalink fedilink source parent [–] Magister@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago I do un*x shell since the 90s, before linux, maybe this is why I have always called it that way permalink fedilink source parent [–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 point 3 months ago "#!" was also used as shorthand for "crunchbang linux". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bisby@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 child) #! is "hash bang" so still hash permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Magister@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) I have always called that shebang. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bisby@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children) Fascinating. The wikipedia page is for shebang so clearly you are right. But the wikipedia page also cites it being called hashbang -- citing mostly o'reilly books. Now I'm intrigued, not that I have a lot of reason to talk about shell scripts, but I had never heard it called any other way. TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* In college we were taught "hash exclamation, aka hash bang or shebang for short". permalink fedilink source parent [–] Magister@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago I do un*x shell since the 90s, before linux, maybe this is why I have always called it that way permalink fedilink source parent [–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 point 3 months ago "#!" was also used as shorthand for "crunchbang linux". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Magister@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) I have always called that shebang. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bisby@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children) Fascinating. The wikipedia page is for shebang so clearly you are right. But the wikipedia page also cites it being called hashbang -- citing mostly o'reilly books. Now I'm intrigued, not that I have a lot of reason to talk about shell scripts, but I had never heard it called any other way. TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* In college we were taught "hash exclamation, aka hash bang or shebang for short". permalink fedilink source parent [–] Magister@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago I do un*x shell since the 90s, before linux, maybe this is why I have always called it that way permalink fedilink source parent [–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 point 3 months ago "#!" was also used as shorthand for "crunchbang linux". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bisby@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children) Fascinating. The wikipedia page is for shebang so clearly you are right. But the wikipedia page also cites it being called hashbang -- citing mostly o'reilly books. Now I'm intrigued, not that I have a lot of reason to talk about shell scripts, but I had never heard it called any other way. TIL, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* In college we were taught "hash exclamation, aka hash bang or shebang for short". permalink fedilink source parent [–] Magister@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago I do un*x shell since the 90s, before linux, maybe this is why I have always called it that way permalink fedilink source parent [–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 point 3 months ago "#!" was also used as shorthand for "crunchbang linux". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* In college we were taught "hash exclamation, aka hash bang or shebang for short". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Magister@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago I do un*x shell since the 90s, before linux, maybe this is why I have always called it that way permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 point 3 months ago "#!" was also used as shorthand for "crunchbang linux". permalink fedilink source parent