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Small improvements to shebang on windows docs #1330

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Typo fix: using -> used
mineo Apr 27, 2017
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Make it clear that shebang lines are commonly used on Linux
mineo Apr 27, 2017
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Doc/using/windows.rst
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Expand Up @@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ Shebang Lines

If the first line of a script file starts with ``#!``, it is known as a
"shebang" line. Linux and other Unix like operating systems have native
support for such lines and are commonly used on such systems to indicate how
a script should be executed. This launcher allows the same facilities to be
using with Python scripts on Windows and the examples above demonstrate their
support for such lines and they are commonly used on such systems to indicate
how a script should be executed. This launcher allows the same facilities to
be used with Python scripts on Windows and the examples above demonstrate their
use.

To allow shebang lines in Python scripts to be portable between Unix and
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