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Cannot execute binary file on Linux server [closed]

I'm currently trying to run Knime (a Java-based program) on a Linux server, and every time I try to execute the file (knime) it gives me a "cannot execute binary file" error. I've posted the relevant ...
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executing binary file: file not found

I know there are similar questions out there, but I haven't found a solution nor this exact case. The binary was built on Arch Linux using its GCC 4.7. The package works fine on the build system. The ...
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Are there alternatives for `dd`?

What other tools should I use to read and write files with truncation, seeking and skipping. dd's command line options seem inconvenient and foreign and I don't like choosing between slow, but precise ...
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how to find offset of one binary file inside another?

I have two binary files. One of few hundreds kilos and other of few gigabytes. I want to know whether the whole, smaller, file is contained within the larger one and if so then what is the offset from ...
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remove carriage return character from large binary file

I have a large binary file ( nearly binary file ! ) which has many \r\n in it [ gets Generated in windows env and doesnt have controle over generating application ]. I want to remove \r from this ...
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What is produced after using cat on an image?

Let's say one creates a file like so: touch myFile You enter some text in it with vim or whatever, and then use cat myFile to spit the contents out into the terminal. Now, what happens when I use ...
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How to find binary executables within a directory

How do I list all binary executable files recursively within a directory? I use find command like this: find /mydir/mysubdir -executable -type f All executable files are listed (excluding ...