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title: Run bash script on linux start
author: Max Gialanella
tags:
    - bash
    - linux
categories: []
date: 2023-09-10 18:26:00
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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.

How to run a script on start up/reboot
Create Script  
`cd` return to user home  
`vim startup.sh` create script  
`chmod +x startup.sh` Make script executable  
`crontab -e` Edit crontab

Add the line  
`@reboot sh $HOME/startup.sh`

Now your script will run on reboot.  
[Source Stack overflow thread](https://stackoverflow.com/a/29247942)