"Shebangs" have been defined as '#!' for decades, I'd suggest they not be redefined.
Shebang specifically refers to using an exclamation point to define where data should be directed. Same as it is in Bash scripts, just a different context and slightly different syntax.
> In computing, a shebang is the character sequence consisting of the characters number sign and exclamation mark (#!) at the beginning of a script.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)
The word "shebang" has different uses outside of computing, but I can't find any use of the word that refers to a ! without a #
Note the (Unix) part of the Wikipedia URL. This is an entirely different context.
So in which context does "shebang" refer to a ! without a # ? I can't find any definition like that online.
The "she" is specifically a phonetic clipping of the "#", otherwise it's just a bang - but oh well, even jargon doesn't mean shit anymore.
DDG generally calls them "bangs": https://duckduckgo.com/bang
Re:Brave Search beta
by staticassertion on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:25PM
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Here I had assumed it was a Ricky Martin reference.
Re:Brave Search beta
by cocoafleck on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:21PM
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You don't seem to support the !ddg, and !duckduckgo bangs. See https://search.brave.com/search?q=!ddg+test nor do you support bangs in the middle of queries such as https://search.brave.com/search?q=example+!rust+example
Re:Brave Search beta
by staticassertion on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:02PM
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> Update: We do support !rust as well (and all of DDG's other bangs).
damn, alright, you got me. I'll try it out as default for a while
Re:Brave Search beta
by staticassertion on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:29PM
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Very cool - good to know.
Brave Search supports many shebangs, but I don't believe we've added support for `!rust` yet (we do have `!mdn` and `!so` though). I'll submit a request to add a `!rust` option too!