Editing Tutorials/Setting up a server (section)

==== On macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD ====
All these systems use a common scripting language called the "POSIX shell script" on the command line. Create a text file in the folder where you put the jar as "start.sh" and write the following in:

<syntaxhighlight lang="sh">
#!/bin/sh
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
exec java -Xms1G -Xmx1G -jar server.jar --nogui
</syntaxhighlight>

Now save the file. Run {{code|chmod a+x start.sh}} (or path to wherever you put the script) to make it executable. You can now run the file by double-clicking or by running {{code|./start.sh}} in the folder (or using a whole path from outside there).

If you want to add a pausing part like the Windows example, remove the {{code|exec}} word, and add a line of {{code|read -n 1 -p "Waiting..."}} to the end. This is useful if you are running the script by double-clicking on the GUI.