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title: Run bash script on linux start
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author: Max Gialanella
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tags:
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- bash
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- linux
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categories: []
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date: 2023-09-10 18:26:00
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---
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Running a bash script on system start can be an involved process, depending on you distro. The proper way is to create a system service and plug it into /init.d but you can leverage the crontab if you want a simple quick way to run something on startup.
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How to run a script on start up/reboot
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Create Script
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`cd` return to user home
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`vim startup.sh` create script
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`chmod +x startup.sh` Make script executable
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`crontab -e` Edit crontab
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Add the line
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`@reboot sh $HOME/startup.sh`
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Now your script will run on reboot.
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[Source Stack overflow thread](https://stackoverflow.com/a/29247942)
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