Run text file as commands in Bash

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If I have a text file with a separate command on each line how would I make terminal run each line as a command  I just don t want to have to copy and paste 1 line at a time  It doesn t HAVE to be a text file    It can be any kind of file that will work   example txt   sudo command 1 sudo command 2 sudo command 3

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cat  path     bash  OR cat commands txt   bash

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Execute    example txt   That does exactly what you ask for  without setting an executable flag on the file or running an extra bash instance   For a detailed explanation see e g  https   unix stackexchange com questions 43882 what-is-the-difference-between-sourcing-or-source-and-executing-a-file-i

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You can use something like this   for i in  cat foo txt  do     sudo  i done   Though if the commands have arguments  i e  there is whitespace in the lines  you may have to monkey around with that a bit to protect the whitepace so that the whole string is seen by sudo as a command   But it gives you an idea on how to start

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you can also just run it with a shell  for example   bash example txt  sh example txt

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you can make a shell script with those commands  and then chmod  x  lt scriptname sh gt   and then just run it by     scriptname sh   Its very simple to write a bash script  Mockup sh file      bin sh sudo command1 sudo command2        sudo commandn

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