Questions tagged [executable]
The permission bit in a file mode that allows a file to be run as a program. Also, questions related the format of program files, and to locating and executing program files.
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Can an AppImage run from NTFS drive or NFS network share?
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, and I just saw something that I was never aware of so far.
I wanted to get and https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut; however, I do not have space on my primary ext4 formatted disk ...
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Temporary failure in name resolution in Python script running during boot or on shutdown
I wrote a Python script which sends any message via Telegram:
#!/opt/anaconda3/bin/python
import asyncio
import telegram
import os
import sys
async def main():
bot = telegram.Bot(os.environ[&...
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Does a user need executable permissions to be able to run du (disk usage)? [duplicate]
I am observing the following behaviour, and want to know if it is expected.
I am trying to run disk usage ( du ) as user2 on a directory test_directory which is owned by user1.
If I change the ...
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./<filename> No such file or directory
I'm trying to run a binary. But when I'm trying to run the file I'm facing the following error.
pegasus@pegasus:~/Documents/Courses/heaplab-main/house_of_force$ ./house_of_force
bash: ./...
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Is there such a thing as an "executable directory"?
In MacOS you can name a folder with the suffix .app and it will be launchable from the GUI as an application based on an internal folder structure convention.
Does such a thing exist in Linux?
Can I, ...
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Can process execute new program without the kernel knowing?
Can process execute new program without the kernel knowing? Usually, when the program is executing kernel gives to it its own process after receiving the syscall (such as exec() or fork()). In this ...
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Running non-executable in Raspbian OS for Raspberry Pi in menu, can't find terminal
I have installed Fern wifi cracker, it's a python file called "execute.py", I opened the "Main Menu Editor" app, that lets you add apps in the menu bar on the top of the screen. I ...
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How should I properly measure running time of a program?
I'm trying to measure performance of two implementations of a program (e.g progv1 and progv2 that do the same thing) using the time command, however not only they differ, but if I run time progv1 10 ...
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Unable to execute file.exe with wine 4.0.4 in HPC
I have a .exe file that I need to run in HPC and I am not sure how to do this.
I tried using wine-4.0.4 as follow but I get the following
chmod a+x Rtools35.exe
./Rtools35.exe
wine: Bad EXE format ...
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Is it possible to load up a binary into ram, without executing it?
Like I will use google chrome whenever I use linux (most probably) But I don't want it to auto start when ever I open it. I could open it manually, but I have HDD so it is pain to load for the first ...
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Real meaning on "ELF 64-bit LSB shared object"
How can ELF 64-bit LSB shared object be executable that is readilt executed/launched right away, isn't it opposing the word terms "shared object" (Windows equivalent to dynamic link) ?
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Why does my executable not run from a bash script called through udev?
I have an executable compiled from my code. I am trying to run this executable when I insert a serial device into my Raspberry Pi Zero W using udev. However, for some reason the executable will not ...
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I was trying to run clang file [duplicate]
I am new to Kali Linux i was trying to run clang file which i did but a a.out file appears what to do next?
zsh: no such file in directory: /a.out
I have trying to do it so many time please help
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What happens if a running executable can no longer load its code/data pages?
This is under the assumption that the binary is large enough that not all pages were loaded into memory at the start of execution. What would happen if the underlying file system suddenly disappears (...
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Executable vs Library in Bash Script
When reading over Google's shell style guide, I found the following line that confused me a little: "Executables should have no extension (strongly preferred) or a .sh extension. Libraries must ...
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Give executable permissions to binary files on a USB
I have a desktop application that provides the user with a tarball (.tar.gz) that they can unpack to find the binary that can be run with executable permissions which starts the overall program. This ...
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ssh to execute remote command under interactive shell
Very similar with Run a command in an interactive shell with ssh after sourcing .bashrc, yet the answer there doesn't work for me.
I want to to execute remote command via ssh under the full ...
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Creating a systemd service in ubuntu that can be started/stopped
I have build a server that ships in executable format, and I want to register it as a service that I can start/stop/restart.
I have read the following questions and many others like it > How can I ...
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Files get executable when copied
So I just bought a new Samsung T7 Portable SSD. I initially intended to format it to exFAT, for use with both Windows, MacOS and Linux, but upon inspection, the disk comes with a default file system ...
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Is "running a folder" possible in Linux?
Is there a philosophy behind running a folder as an executable in linux?
user@node main % ls -lash ./bin
total 0
0 drwxrwxrwx 2 user staff 64B May 23 21:04 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 6 user staff 192B ...
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Cannot run .exe app from virtual machine
I am trying to run the .exe of an app I have downloaded from the Apple store onto my virtual machine.
However, every time I run the file, I get the following error:
cannot execute binary file: Exec ...
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how to block the double execution of the same script in the same directory
I have created a .sh executable file that generates several files in the working directory/folder that are used by the same script. If it is run twice in the same folder it would be a mess because the ...
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Why would I give the execute permission for txt file (non-script) file
In this article we see x permission is added to myfile.txt:
mode of `myfile.txt' changed to 0751 (rwxr-x--x)
What is execute permission in the context of non-script file?
When would I need ...
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Get Linux Executable Signing Certificate Information
I wanted to know if there was a way (some sort of library that I'm unaware of) that gets the signing certificate details of an executable. I know it's possible to sign a binary using openssl but how ...
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Unable to exec programs, parent directory symbolic link, btrfs mdadm drive
I'm not sure what to try next to resolve this issue.
~ 🌝 cat /etc/fstab
# /dev/sdg1 /mnt/d/ ntfs noatime,nodiratime,users,noauto,x-systemd.automount,autodefrag 0 0
/dev/md127 /mnt/d btrfs ...
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Reasonable way to customize ( change ) an executable program's command ( name ) , in terminal
Background
Using xfce4-terminal as an example, I want to run the program by just typing term.
When I type which xfce4-terminal it returns /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal.
So, I created a symbolic link: sudo ...
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How to Extract Icons from Executable File in Linux
I'm not talking about a Windows EXE. I mean an actual Linux executable file.
At first, I've been wondering whether Linux executables even have embedded icons, and it seems as though they do, because ...
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Empty executables after creating bind mount
I've created a bind mount in /tmp/test which I then use to establish a chroot jail. For example:
mount --bind -o ro /usr/bin/ /tmp/test
chroot /tmp/test /some_executable
This seems to work fine - most ...
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Does the regex engine have an associated executable?
I'm working with a tool that uses a whitelist to allow certain commands to be executed. The whitelist works using file paths like so:
command1=/bin/echo
command2=/bin/sed
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The problem is commands ...
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gdrive not working on Fedora 35
I would like to access my cloud data on Google Drive from terminal, so I have downloaded gdrive from this source; I have selected
gdrive_2.1.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
since I am on Fedora 35 with a 64 bit ...
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Is it possible to show when an executable was run for the last time?
Note that the FS is mounted with the relatime option (thus the recent last access time is not shown).
Is there a way to see when an executable (ELF 64-bit LSB executable) was run for the last time?
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Dumping virtual memory addresses of an executable from /proc/pid/maps
I want to dump the virtual memory addresses of a running executable.
This is the command I'm running: ./executable & cat /proc/$(pidof executable)/maps > maps.dump, and this is the error I get: ...
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Compile a shell script to an executable binary with make
I know shc can convert the shell script to binary, but there is obvious and famous tool to decrypt it.
So, I want to find another way to do this.
I've heard that make can also convert a shell script ...
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Allow user to run nonpermissive commands in shell script (KSH)
I have a ksh script I am developing for work. (I am on the newer side to shell-scripting)
I have root access but the future-users of this script will not. Say the other user is named User1.
Within the ...
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Make STDIN executable with shebang
I have a program to list database files.
It is called direkly from the shell like
db filename
to list the whole file, or like
db 'filename :: conditions'
to list only selected elements ...
Another ...
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is there a reason to revoke write permission for executables in /usr/bin
I have encountered a package which installs its binaries with permission 555 instead of usual 755 in /usr/bin, i.e. prohibiting writing for everyone. I do not understand the reason for doing so... Can ...
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VNC / Ubuntu 18.04 / xfce4: can't launch executables with a GUI
I'm using VNC remote desktop to visually access a remote Ubuntu 18.04 machine with a xfce4 GUI. VNC works fine. SSH shell works fine. The 2 programs with a graphic UI I'd like to launch are nedit (a ...
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Equivalent of executing a file (with shebang line) by entering its path?
Say I have a file hello:
#!/bin/sh
echo "Hello World!"
Provided the executable bit is set on that file, I can execute it by entering its path on the prompt:
$ ./hello
Hello World!
Is ...
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OpenAL error: 40964 when running an executable
I recently installed the missing libraries for an executable, but I have problems when I run it. It doesn't sound and these are the errors I get when I run it from the terminal.
OpenAL error: 40964 (...
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Error when I try to run an executable file while loading libz.so.1 library
I can't run the executable file because of the libz.so.1 library.
I have already installed the zlib1g_1.2.11.dfsg-1_amd64.deb package, but the error still appears. How can I do to solve this? This is ...
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Log which system executables have been used
I have an Ubuntu-based Dockerfile and I'd like to change it to be based on a minimal Debian or maybe even Alpine.
The problem is that I'm relying on a lot of system executables that came preinstalled ...
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Problem running several programs or commands at the same time
I had a problem because I have to execute near 1700 times the same program with different data. That program do several calculations using iterations, and the answer is obtained 5 hours later ...
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can't uncheck "allow executing file as a program" from txt files
I can't remember how i have made all .txt files on my external hard-drive with NTFS executable in Ubuntu, so that whenever i double-click any .txt file on that disk or open the right-click menu, it ...
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Why I can't open text files when execetue "x" permission is on?
for example I have test_file and I run sudo chmod 775 test_file so now while I'm the owner I can read,write and execute it but with graphical interface it doesn't work, I don't have any error messages ...
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Is there any benefit to grouping similar programs into a single path directory?
I'm setting up prometheus in a web server, and I noticed that each exporter is its own program that must be added to a directory in $PATH.
My question is, is there any advantage to making a ...
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bash: ./*.exe: No such file or directory with executables named *.exe
Looks like I cannot run any normal linux binaries if their name ends with .exe, any idea why?
$ cp /bin/pwd pwd
$ ./pwd
/home/premek
This is ok. But...
$ cp /bin/pwd pwd.exe
$ ./pwd.exe
bash: ./pwd....
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How can I make a specific piece of code portable for running on different systems through a pipe?
Quite often, when I search a solution to a problem, I end up finding lines of code like the following:
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -
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How to create a desktop entry for .jar files?
I created a desktop entry and moved it to ~/.local/share/applications, but it doesn't execute when I click on it from the start menu. This is my .desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
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"No such file or directory" but the binary exist
I recently installed an dynamic binary translation program to run x86_64 binary on my ARMv8 server. After I uninstall the DBT tool, I found some weird error messages and it is very comfusing.
A little ...
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Find all executable files excluding certain directories
I'm looking to find all executable files that are NOT in my $PATH.
Currently I'm doing this
find / \( -path "/opt" -prune -o -path "/var" -prune -o -path "/bin" -prune -o ...
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