env bug ?

[Grant Cullen]

Peter L. Peres wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I seem to have a problem with env: a file that starts with:
>
>     #!/usr/bin/env echo foo
>
> and is set +x and executes, will print:
>
>     /usr/bin/env: echo foo: No such file or directory
>
> huh?
>
> tia,
> Peter
>
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I tried it and got the same result, but when I put perl instead of echo 
foo.  It worked.  I am assuming that the command not found is echo (an 
internal shell command) and therefore not in the path.
Grant Cullen
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