[newbie] invoking bash scripts

[Dean Steichen]

Is there some option I need to set to invoke a bash script?

I have created a script with the #!/bin/bash as the first
line and have chmod +x scriptname to make it executable but
it will not execute unless I issue the "bash scriptname"
command (preceed the scriptname with the command bash).
Is this normal?

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Dean Steichen
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