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(If the script is in the current directory, you can run it with. Whenever you want to launch the script in theВ future, just open the Bash shell and type the path to the script. To run the script, you can now just run it in the terminal by typing its path. To do so, run the following command in the terminal, pointing it at your script: chmod +x ~/myscript.sh On Linux, that means you need to give the script file the executable permission. YouвЂ™ll probably want the make the script executable so you can run it more easily. Make the Script Executable and then Run It If youвЂ™re using the Nano text editor, you can save the file by pressing Ctrl+O and then Enter. # print the contents of the variable on screen WeвЂ™ll use a basic вЂњhello worldвЂќ script as an example here: #!/bin/bash YouвЂ™re restricted to Linux terminal commands and utilities, just as you would be on a typical Linux system. Note that thereвЂ™s no way to run Windows programs from within the Bash environment. The same techniques will work in Bash on Ubuntu on Windows. For more advanced tricks, consult a more detailed guide to Bash scripts on Linux. Add a вЂњ#вЂќ character before a line to treat it as a вЂњcommentвЂќ, something which helps you and other people understand the script but which isnвЂ™t run as a command. The script will run each command in turn.

RELATED: The Beginner's Guide to Shell Scripting: The BasicsД®nter the commands you want to run, each one on its own line. Start your shell script with the line: #!/bin/bash (The вЂњ~вЂќ character represents your home directory, so the full path is /home/username/myscript.sh.) This would open the Nano text editor pointed at a file named вЂњmyscript.shвЂќ in your user accountвЂ™s home directory. For example, to create a bash script in nano, youвЂ™d run the following command in bash: nano ~/myscript.sh