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    Unless I'm mistaken, it's the kernel that interprets the shebang line, rather than any shell. Commented May 4, 2015 at 16:43
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    You might want to add what a shebang does? Followed by "Why do people rather use #!/bin/env bash over #!/usr/local/bin/bash ? Commented May 4, 2015 at 16:58
  • My script is a simple bash script which copies certain files, untars a few tarballs and installs the extracted applications. After everything is done, the system is rebooted. Commented May 4, 2015 at 17:08
  • @dhag: To be honest, I didn't know that. Thanks for teaching me that! I've updated the answer accordingly. Commented May 4, 2015 at 22:13