diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/spawn.sh b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/spawn.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2cf0631da..a639ce582
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/spawn.sh
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/exec/spawn.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ echo hello
 rm  $logfile
 sleep $sleeptime
 echo bye bye > $logfile
-echo bye bye
+echo bye bye
\ No newline at end of file