There isn't really any one "text file" though, the kernel looks for the first two bytes to match what "#!" corresponds to in ASCII. https://www.youtube.com/wat

There isn't really any one "text file" though, the kernel looks for the first two bytes to match what "#!" corresponds to in ASCII. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nblo6BawU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nblo6BawU is some great watching on how "Plain text isn't that simple"