Question: I want to convert my shell scripts into binary executable so that nobody else could edit or read it. Is there a way to convert it into a binary executable?

Answer: 
shc is what you're looking for. get it here: [shc](http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/)  

Extract, cd into dir, `make` and then `./shc -f SCRIPT`. Done. 

Everything you need to do this, you find here:  

[SHC Howto](http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/05/encrypt-bash-shell-script/)
bzexe can convert and also compress the file