Executable files are open in GEdit on duble click

Question

Posted by: robin

When I double click on any .sh files, it directly open in GEdit. I want to make it run if that file is allowed to execute. Now I have to open terminal and run ./filename.sh all the time

Answer 1

Go to File manager -> Preferences -> Behavior tab. and select the option  “Executable text files”  -> “Ask what to do”. Please refer the image below.

You can also select option “Run them” if you always want it to run

Answer 2

By default, Files open any executable file as text file. On Preferences > Behavior, you need to select Executable Text Files > Run them, and the executable files will always be executed (which probably is not preferable), or Executable Text Files > Ask what to do, and in that case you will always be asked what to do with the executable file.