How do I run a shell script? (Debian)
 

How do I run a shell script on a Debian box?

Thanks in advance

./shell-script will open a new shell and run shell-script, shell-script has to be executable (chmod +x shell-script)
. shell-script will run it in the current shell

could just use "sh <yourscript>" too.

...to run it using sh, but if there is some reason to run it in a different shell (usually scripts, in the first line, tell which shell should run them, though), you could use respectively
(or ksh, csh, tcsh or some other shell instead of bash).

Most people just use
or if it's in the current dir,