#!/usr/bin/env python vs. #!/usr/bin/python

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Thu, 08 May 2008 07:31:17 -0400
Brian Vanderburg II <BrianVanderburg2 at aim.com> wrote:
> This is sort of related, but I'm wondering what is different between 
> "#!/usr/bin/env python" and "#!python".  Wouldn't the second do the same 
> thing, since an absolute path is not specified, find 'python' from the 
> PATH environment,  I don't really know.

Well, I know what happened when I tried it.  What happened when you
tried it?

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