executing shell script without calling sh implicitly

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Published on 2010-06-08T16:49:18Z Indexed on 2010/06/08 16:52 UTC
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Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to make a "link" in usr/bin (i.e.) that leads to a shell-script.

But I want just to write

% shellscript

instead of

% sh shellscript.sh

kinda like an alias.

Is this possible?

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