diff --git a/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml
index 56bb96777b6..f9770769208 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/super-linter.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           # Python (supported using Pylint) and C/C++ (not supported) are
           # handled separately due to the complexity of the settings.
           # VALIDATE_BASH: true
+          VALIDATE_BASH_EXEC: true
           # VALIDATE_CSS: true
           # VALIDATE_DOCKER: true
           VALIDATE_JAVASCRIPT_ES: true
diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
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diff --git a/config.guess b/config.guess
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diff --git a/config.sub b/config.sub
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diff --git a/docker/alpine/grass_tests.sh b/docker/alpine/grass_tests.sh
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diff --git a/docker/testdata/test_docker_image.sh b/docker/testdata/test_docker_image.sh
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diff --git a/mswindows/osgeo4w/build_osgeo4w.sh b/mswindows/osgeo4w/build_osgeo4w.sh
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