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This defines a simple service. The critical part is the `ExecStart` directive, which specifies the command that will be run to start the service.

4. Copy the unit file to `/etc/systemd/system` and give it permissions:

sudo cp myservice.service /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service
sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service

For more information about the unit file and its available configuration options, see the [systemd documentation](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/).

## Start and Enable the Service
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