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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Making any script executable Post 302954347 by HelenaR on Monday 7th of September 2015 06:38:13 AM
Old 09-07-2015
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Originally Posted by RudiC
To make scripts executable, you need to set its directory entry's "executable permissions" for the intended users/persons, "owner", "group", or "others". Enter chmod (all lower case) into the shell for this. Consider well which target users should receive that permission; in above sample you give it to all three groups.
nano is one among other editors used to modify scripts. It has nothing to do with the execution of a script.
The so called "shebang" within the script text is not mandatory but helps the shell decide which program to use to run the script.

I wanted to use nano as the editor, would I just write chmod in the editor and do it like that?

Thanks
 

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