Bash script with execute permissions won't run with double click [duplicate]

  1. Open Nautilus.
  2. Go to FilePreferences (in Ubuntu 14.04, you might find it under EditPreferences).

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  3. Go to the Behavior tab and click on Run executable text files when they are opened.

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    Or, choose Ask each time to be prompted every time you double click.


As mentioned in this blog post here,

Open file explorer Files. Press Alt+F10 and select Preferences. It should show something like this

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In the Behavior tab, select Ask each time and close it. By default, it will be in View executable text files when they are opened. Now whenever you double click on a shell script, it will ask you what to do. If you want to straight away execute the script, select the first option Run executable text files when they are opened