In the beginning of a file on my server (linux), which is located in the /etc/init.d/ folder I have this line:

 !/bin/sh -e

What does it mean, because every time I execute the rest of the script it works fine except for an error which shows:

 !/bin/sh not found

Any ideas?

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That line defines what program will execute the given script. For sh normally that line should start with the # character as so:

#!/bin/sh -e

The -e flag's long name is errexit, causing the script to immediately exit on the first error. A more detailed description from man sh:

If not interactive, exit immediately if any untested command fails. The exit status of a command is considered to be explicitly tested if the command is used to control an if, elif, while, or until; or if the command is the left hand operand of an && or || operator.

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 #!/bin/bash

this is the first line in the script to tell the system to use bash shell to execute the script.