I came across this question just now: https://superuser.com/questions/1067609/how-to-run-a-bash-script-via-absolute-path This question is extremely trivial, it's like [RTFM or STFW level][1]. Frankly, such questions should not be asked at all, and waste people's time. I looked to flag this question for closure, but I didn't find anything suitable in the reasons for "Should be closed...". It's not off-topic(strictly), it's not too broad, it doesn't really belong on another site, nothing. What do the rules say to do with such questions? Is there any specific reason we can use to 'deal with' those? [1]: http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html