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How to run a shell script automatically?

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I have a shell script copyScript.sh present in my pendrive.
What i want is, Whenever i connect pendrive to my pc this script should be run automatically.

Is it possible?
If yes then how to achieve this?

posted Sep 29, 2015 by Chirag Gangdev

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Put a line like this in a file in /etc/udev/rules.d:

KERNEL=="sd*", ATTRS{vendor}=="<vendor name>", ATTRS{model}=="<model name>", ATTRS{serial}=="<serial number>", RUN+="/mypath/copyScript.sh"

You may need to restart after that :)

answer Sep 29, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
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