What does the line '!/bin/sh -e' do?

Question

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?

Answer 1

 #!/bin/bash   

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

Answer 2

Looks to me like a messed up shebang line. You need to put a '#' in front of the '!'.