How Do I Run a Shell Script Automatically in Unix?

How do I make a shell script run automatically?

You have several options to run the script on remote machine: copy the file on the remote machine in the same location with the same file name (with ftp or ssh you can do this with another script) and set the linux machine’s cron job to execute that same file daily.

How do you automate a shell script in Unix?

Shell scripts are designed to be run on the command line on UNIX based systems.
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Customising shell scripts

1. To hold a text program, we need to create a text file.
2. Choose a shell to write the script.
3. Add the necessary commands to the file.
4. Save the file.
5. Change its permissions to make the file executable.
6. Run the shell program.