bash 2.04.11(1)-release weirdness if no #! line

[Aharon Robbins]

You don't know how long this took me to track down.

Bash version:
        GNU bash, version 2.04.11(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)
        Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

System:
        Redhat GNU/Linux 7.0.

To reproduce, put the following in a file named foo:

        cat "$@"

Make it executable.  Note that there is no #! line.  Here's what
happens:

        Script started on Tue Mar 27 17:28:06 2001
        bash2-2.04$ ./foo foo > /dev/null
        bash2-2.04$ ./foo < foo > /dev/null
        stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
        bash2-2.04$ exit
        
        Script done on Tue Mar 27 17:28:19 2001

If I add a #! /bin/sh at the top, I no longer get the error message.

Thanks,

Arnold Robbins
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