How to turn a shell script to startup program?

Mine Easter

2/6/23, 3:53 AM

So I am currently using Ubuntu in my Lenovo 330 15ikb(Model 81DC) I am using a script https://github.com/anitaggu/ikbdop/ to disable my keyboard but I don't want to type the commands every time I open my laptop by cold booting.

Commands:-

./ikbdop.sh attach #to attach the internal keybord
./ilbdop.sh detach #to detach the internal keyboard

Is there a way to run the detach command every time I turn on my laptop or your can say how to turn that script to an startup application with automatic detach command?

Note:- I am not a professional so please write in a simple language.

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cocomac

2/6/23, 3:57 AM

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Zorin OS is off-topic here, so your question will probably be closed as off-topic, but you can try to ask on [Unix & Linux Stack Exchange](https://unix.stackexchange.com/). Just to point you in the right direction, look into creating a `service` that runs on startup on Linux.

cocomac

2/6/23, 4:03 AM

Oh OK. Your original post said Zorin OS, but if you ended up using Ubuntu, you are all good. I've also removed my off-topic flag as you are using Ubuntu. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Mine Easter

2/6/23, 4:04 AM

Man I accidentally deleted the previous comment but anyways I don't get it how do I turn that script to startup program with automatic detach command.

cocomac

2/6/23, 4:15 AM

@MineEster I added an answer explaining one possible way. Some other possible ways are in [this question](https://askubuntu.com/q/814/1438484).

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cocomac

2/6/23, 4:14 AM

There are many ways to run a script at startup, but here is one way using cron.

Create a script somewhere on your disk, say, /home/you/myscript.sh, and put the following in the script. This will be the commands that are ran every time you startup your computer, so double-check that they are correct. The first line (#!/usr/bin/env bash) tells Ubuntu to use Bash to run this script.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
/full/path/to/ikbdop.sh attach
/full/path/to/ilbdop.sh detach

Save the script where you want. Make it executable (chmod +x myscript.sh). Run crontab -e to edit your cronfile. Add a line to it that says @reboot /full/path/to/script.sh (replace the path with the location of your script, of course).

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