Clarification needed: Running by the command `./hello-world.cs`

[kel2v]

Type of issue

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Description

In the File based programs section, it says -

On any unix system, if you set the execute (+x) permission on a C# file, you can run the C# file from the command line:

./hello-world.cs

I think this statement needs some modification/clarification.

Consider a C# file, named hello.cs, having the following code:

Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");

I'm new to learning C# and .NET, but my doubt is how can this hello.cs program run by the command ./hello.cs when there is no shebang (#!) interpreter directive?

If the above quoted statement is actually correct, I think, for a beginner like me, it needs some explanation for how it actually works (without having the shebang (#!) interpreter directive in the C# source file). Or else if this statement is incorrect, it needs modification something like this:

On any unix system, if you set the execute (+x) permission on a C# file that has the shebang interpreter directive -> #!/usr/bin/dotnet run in the beginning of the file, you can run the C# file from the command line:

./hello-world.cs

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/overview#code-try-1

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/tour-of-csharp/overview.md

Document Version Independent Id

ffae9ae1-d3f5-4192-0a18-ca475c712813

Platform Id

41a669fb-55ed-d212-8af3-4d212ac707a2

Article author

@BillWagner

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• ID: 85b00578-37d2-1fd1-911d-3097aa73f212
• PlatformId: 41a669fb-55ed-d212-8af3-4d212ac707a2
• Service: dotnet-csharp
• Sub-service: get-started

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