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How come a bash script won't run without using xterm?

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treyiii

Strange. I have a few scripts I use mostly after fresh install of Ubuntu. They used to work, now they don't. They are on an extra hdd, I thought may be permission issues, no. I installed VPN and xterm, scripts for VPN use xterm, they work. I tried adding xterm to scripts no longer working, now they work. So, it's working that way but I don't know what happened. I do have a fresh install. I wonder if just a bad install of Ubuntu. I have never had a problem.

@steeldriver

Double clicking in file manager has allways worked before.

This does not work.

#!/bin/bash

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra

This works.

#!/bin/bash

xterm -e sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra
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waltinator
Is your "extra HDD" `mount`ed with the `noexec` option? `mount` will show you. Read `man mount`. What, precisely, do you mean by "now they don't"? How are you invoking the scripts?
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treyiii
@waltinator I have exec permision. what I mean is by they don't work is I try to run them and nothing happens.
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steeldriver
Perhaps this will be helpful: [Launch script with double click don't work](https://askubuntu.com/a/1379730/178692)
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treyiii
@steeldriver I guess I can accept option removed. I found a trick using xtern.
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