Fix Permission Denied while Executing Bash (Shell) Script on Linux

If you encounter an error like bash: ./script.sh: Permission denied when executing bash (shell) script, meaning the script file itself is not permitted to execute. And make no difference even if you run it with sudo. To fix this, we'll be using chmod command on Linux to modify the permissions.

Solution

Use chmod to add executable permission to the file:

sudo chmod +x script.sh
Bash

Change script.sh to your script's path.

Or use your preferred file manager to change the permissions of the script file: