Perl: Shebang (space?) “#! ”?

Question

I\'ve seen both:

#!/path/...
#! /path/...

What\'s right? Does it matter? Is there a history?

I\'ve heard that an ancient version o

Answer 1

It seems to usually work both ways. See here. I'd say that the no-space version is much more common today, and, to me, much more appealing.

BTW, this is not specifically related to Perl (but it's definitely related to programming).