Why "./" is used to run ".sh" scripts in Unix? [duplicate]

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I am executing a .sh script today. It is executed with prefix "./.sh,I am a bit confuse because it is also executed without ./.but why this is required to use ./

Could you please explain me that why ./ is used to run .sh scripts?

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