How do you make a shell script executable?

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Use the chmod command to add execute permissions:

chmod +x script.sh
# Or using octal notation
chmod 755 script.sh

You also need to include a shebang line at the top of the script:

#!/bin/bash
# or
#!/usr/bin/env bash

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