"One way to run a shell script is to make it executable by using the x permission and then typing prior to the script name when you run the script itself."

 "One way to run a shell script is to make it executable by using the x permission and then typing   ./  prior to the script name when you run the script itself."

Explanation:

The answer is: ./

Explanation:

In Linux, files that have the file name extension .sh are usually shell scripts, which are programs that are interpreted by the command shell. Shell scripts do not need to have a file name extension. In fact, they can be named anything at all. For historical reasons, however, they often have the extension .sh.

Shell scripts must be marked as executable before you can run them. To execute a shell script, you need to specify the pathname of the script at the command prompt. For instance, if the script is named install.sh and is located in your working directory, you can run it with the command; ./install.sh.

Therefore, one way to to run a shell script by making it executable using the x permission and then typing ./ prior to the script name when you run the script itself.