Executing a bin file in Linux/Ubuntu

[Saman]

I downloaded a file with extension 'bin' which states an executable file in the site I have downloaded it. But I try to execute it, it gave an error. I found out the problem was due to not setting file as executable. Here is how you could do it.

First type following command t see whether the file is executable.

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file /path/file.bin

It will return whether the file is "executable" and not "non-executable", not executable or something completely different. If you do not see "executable", the file is probably a CD-image(BIN/CUE) and not an executable .bin-file.

Now enter:

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cd /path
chmod +x file.bin

Now try to execute the file:

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/path/file.bin