For some reason I need make a script executable once every blue moon and I always seem to forget how to do it. Getting old is frustrating.<\/p>\n
To make a script executable in Mac OS X, fire up Terminal.app and type this in at the prompt (or\u00a0add a space after the “x” below and then\u00a0drag your script on to the Terminal window):<\/p>\n
chmod +x \/file\/path\/script_name.sh<\/p>\n
Press enter and you’re done. The single line above makes the script, named “script_name.sh” located in the directory “\/file\/path\/”, executable. There are probably easier ways to do this, but it works for me.<\/p>\n
To execute the script, just type the following into the terminal (assuming you’re in the same directory as the script):<\/p>\n
.\/script_name.sh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For some reason I need make a script executable once every blue moon and I always seem to forget how to do it. Getting old is frustrating. To make a script executable in Mac OS X, fire up Terminal.app and … Continue reading