shebangs

Whole complicated matters

Shebang appears mostly in the phrase the whole shebang, meaning everything involved in a situation or undertaking: We're selling the house, the cars, the whole shebang.

The word may have meant a rough dwelling or situation, though its origin is uncertain.

In computing, a shebang is the character sequence #! at the start of a script, indicating which program should interpret it.

whole

everything

The complete set

lot · works · totality · package · ensemble · all · complete · full · bag · tricks

unix

interpreter

One who conveys meaning between languages

  • scriptWritten words for performance
  • bashForceful striking blow
  • executableDirectly runnable program file

directive · python · header · command · shell · chmod · path · scripting · runtime · parsing

affairs

operations

Planned systematic activities

things · matters · enterprises · undertakings · concerns · goings-on · businesses · dealings · ventures · doings

Opposites
completeness/scope

shebangsfragments

Incomplete broken pieces

portions · parts · pieces · bits · fractions

dwelling quality

shebangsmansions

Large, stately houses

palaces · estates · manor houses · villas

complexity/elaborateness

shebangsbare minimum

Smallest acceptable quantity

basics · essentials · bare bones · simplicity · nothing

Phrases
Family

shebang, whole shebang

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