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Re:Unix didn't use to support '#!', a brief history by throw0101a on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:53AM (#32118734)
> "!" => "exclamation mark/point" (never had I heard it being called "bang")

Used in Unix-y circles since at least the 1980s, where "bang paths" were used for UUCP routing:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#Mail_routing

* http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bang-path.html

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