Also I'm fairly sure "shebang" is a contraction of "sharp bang".

paulannesley · on July 1, 2022

Looks like that's a leading theory:

> … may have come from an inexact contraction of SHArp bang or haSH bang, referring to the two typical Unix names for them. Another theory on the sh in shebang is that it is from the default shell sh …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)#Etymology

texaslonghorn5 · on July 1, 2022

is it not short for hash bang (#!)?

e40 · on July 1, 2022

This is what I've always called it and seen it called.