An administrator is looking into a new script that they have just received from a senior administrator. In the very first line the administrator notices a #! followed by a path to a binary. Linux will:

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B. use that binary to interpret the script. When a script begins with `#!` followed by a path to a binary (e.g., `#!/bin/bash` or `#!/usr/bin/python3`), the Linux kernel reads this "shebang" line and executes the specified binary, passing the script file as an argument to that interpreter. This allows scripts to be run directly like executable binaries.

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A. ignore the script. Linux does not ignore scripts with a shebang line; instead, it uses the shebang to determine how to execute them.

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C. use that binary to compile the script. Interpreted scripts are executed line by line by an interpreter, not compiled into a separate executable binary.

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D. be replaced by that binary. The binary specified in the shebang is used to *interpret* the script, not to replace the operating system or any part of it.

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