My issue is that my computer is not recognizing bash terminal scripts. I type in the name of the script, hit return, and nothing happens. No errors arise. Any suggestions?
Is the script you want to run in your path? If so, unless you are in the same directory as the script, you do have a problem. If you are in the same directory as the script, put a ./ at the front of the filename. You could also type the complete path to the script.
To see your path, type: echo $PATH
Permissions possibly? I'm not sure what a script does if the permissions aren't set right.
If the script wasn't in the path, bash would return an error. The OP didn't see any error message.
The script is executing, it's just not doing what the OP wants it to do.