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I have a bash script that has permission to execute, but when I double click it in nautilus it won't execute, instead it opens as text in gedit.

In properties it says open with: gedit, and that doesn't change when I click the reset button.

What do I have to do to make it execute? I'm running Ubuntu 13.04. I never had an issue like this one with 12.04 or with any other distribution in general.

EDIT If I go in terminal and type: ./bashscriptname it runs just fine.

Zanna
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  1. Open Nautilus.

  2. Go to File → Preferences (in Ubuntu 14.04, you might find it under Edit → Preferences).

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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.

Alaa Ali
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    I'm not all that familiar with Ubuntu, but on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04, I had to go to the "Edit" menu to find "Preferences". – Nick Jul 24 '14 at 04:45
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    @Nick I've updated my answer to include that. Thanks. – Alaa Ali Jul 24 '14 at 11:07
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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

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