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I am trying to use an sh file to easily start a screen with my minecraft server console. I named this file mc.sh. I have another sh file in the same directory as mc.sh that runs fine.

Here is what is in mc.sh:

screen -S minecraft java -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -jar spigot.jar nogui

Here is what is in the other sh file:

#!/bin/sh    
java -Xms512M -Xmx1024M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -jar spigot.jar

The error message i get is -bash: ./mc.sh: Permission denied. The permissions for mc.sh are -rw-rw-r-- 1

kos
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Djm228
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  • Put 4 spaces in front of the line of code and it will format correctly even with a # ;) Please also show the permissions of "mc.sh" (`ls -l mc.sh` from the directory). – Rinzwind Jul 21 '15 at 06:39
  • You could start by adding the error message you get, and also the output of "ls -l *.sh" in the directory you have the shell scripts. (30 seconds late!) – mgor Jul 21 '15 at 06:40

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The permissions don't have the execute bit set, so bash won't execute the script. You can set the bit and execute the script:

chmod u+x mc.sh
./mc.sh

or let bash execute it for you:

bash mc.sh
NZD
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You can open the terminal (press Ctrl + Alt + T) and cd to the target directory:

cd /path_to_target

To give the file "your_file_name" permission to execute:

chmod +x your_file_name

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