Making an executable bash file run when clicked

I have a bash file that does some file manipulation. I don't want to have to open the terminal every time I run it. Is there a way to make the program run when I double click it? (Like a windows .exe file)

Thanks

Should Bash scripts be executable?

Before being able to run your script, you need your script to be executable. In order to make a script executable on Linux, use the “chmod” command and assign “execute” permissions to the file.

You can add a ".command" extension to the filename -- then double-clicking it will automatically open Terminal and run the script in a new window. Note: this assumes you still want to watch/interact with the script via a Terminal interface; if you want to avoid this as well, wrapping the script with Platypus, AppleScript, or Automator (as Zifei and Ned suggest) would be better options.