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Making a script executable in Linux

LinuxPermissions & Ownershipchmodbeginner

What this snippet does

+x sets the execute bit for user, group and others, subject to your umask.

Expected output

-rwxr-xr-x 1 pratik pratik 412 Jul 28 09:14 deploy.sh

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