Running .sh scripts in Git Bash

Question

I\'m on a Windows machine using Git 2.7.2.windows.1 with MinGW 64.

I have a script in C:/path/to/scripts/myScript.sh.

How do I execute this script f

Answer 1

Let's say you have a script script.sh. To run it (using Git Bash), you do the following: [a] Add a "sh-bang" line on the first line (e.g. #!/bin/bash) and then [b]:

# Use ./ (or any valid dir spec):
./script.sh

Note: chmod +x does nothing to a script's executability on Git Bash. It won't hurt to run it, but it won't accomplish anything either.

Answer 2

#!/usr/bin/env sh

this is how git bash knows a file is executable. chmod a+x does nothing in gitbash. (Note: any "she-bang" will work, e.g. #!/bin/bash, etc.)

Answer 3

I had a similar problem, but I was getting an error message

cannot execute binary file

I discovered that the filename contained non-ASCII characters. When those were fixed, the script ran fine with ./script.sh.

Answer 4

If by any chance you've changed the default open for .sh files to a text editor like I had, you can just "bash .\yourscript.sh", provided you have git bash installed and in path.

Answer 5

If your running export command in your bash script the above-given solution may not export anything even if it will run the script. As an alternative for that, you can run your script using

. script.sh 

Now if you try to echo your var it will be shown. Check my the result on my git bash

(coffeeapp) user (master *) capstone
$ . setup.sh
 done
(coffeeapp) user (master *) capstone
$ echo $ALGORITHMS
[RS256]
(coffeeapp) user (master *) capstone
$

Check more detail in this question

Answer 6

I was having two .sh scripts to start and stop the digital ocean servers that I wanted to run from the Windows 10. What I did is:

• downloaded "Git for Windows" (from https://git-scm.com/download/win).
• installed Git
• to execute the .sh script just double-clicked the script file it started the execution of the script.

Now to run the script each time I just double-click the script