# How to Make a Bash Script Executable


Bash scripts can be used to automate bash shell commands, they have the extention `.sh`.
I personally use these to do some repetitive tasks like deploying a new post to this site.

To run a bash script you need to use the following command syntax in the command line:
```bash
sh ./address/scriptName.sh
```

But the script is not executable by itself,
to make it executable follow the following steps

## 1. Add approriate shebang

For bash add the following shebang at the top of the script

```
#!/bin/bash
```

## 2. Run the chmod command for the file 

Go to the directory containing the script and use the following command

```bash
chmod u+x scriptName.sh
```

## 3. Run the script

To run the script in the same directory

```bash
./scriptName.sh
```

For any other directory

```
/address/scriptName.sh
```