Can I place my script in /usr/bin?

I wrote a small bash script for starting, stopping and restarting my java applications and I want to make it available to all users so they could run it.
Should I just place it in /usr/bin to do that? Is it the right place for my scripts? Isn’t that for like installed package script and stuff only?

Correct, [/usr]/[s]bin is for the distro creator’s use. Local user scripts belong under /usr/local, specifically /usr/local/bin in this case.

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