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Linux: File: Execute: Check: How to check if a program is an executable in Linux? [file *]

Feb 26th, 2004 21:36
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 27 February 2004 - 06:34 am -------------------

Linux: File: Execute: Check: How to check if a program is an 
executable in Linux? [file *]

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Steps: Overview:

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 1. -Open console

 2. -Goto the directory containing that file

      cd /yourdirectory

 3. -Type on the command line:

      file *

 4. -That shows e.g.

      yourfilename1:

       ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version (SYSV), for
       GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not
       stripped

      yourfilename2:

       ASCII C program text

      yourdirectory1:

       directory

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Tested successfully in Linux Red Hat v9

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Internet: see also:

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Operating system: Linux: File: Execute: Run: How to run an executable 
program in Linux?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/29086/fid/107


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