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by badboy 5038 days ago
Wrap it in $() to execute. And even if you pipe it into a file, no chmod is required. "sh file" works as it should
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or use eval

~$ help eval eval: eval [arg ...] Execute arguments as a shell command.

    Combine ARGs into a single string, use the result as input to the shell,
    and execute the resulting commands.
   Exit Status:
    Returns exit status of command or success if command is null.