Run a shell script with an html button

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As stated by Luke you need to use a server side language, like php.
This is a really simple php example:

<?php
if ($_GET['run']) {
  # This code will run if ?run=true is set.
  exec("/path/to/name.sh");
}
?>

<!-- This link will add ?run=true to your URL, myfilename.php?run=true -->
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6235785/?run=true">Click Me!</a>

Save this as myfilename.php and place it on a machine with a web server with php installed. The same thing can be accomplished with asp, java, ruby, python, …

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