Need help in Terminal

Gervate · Gervate #1 (**permalink**)

02-09-2011, 09:49 AM

Hi, I'm currently trying to run a file I had to unzip in terminal
because it wouldn't unzip by itself. I'm on my iMac and I unzipped the file succesfully but now I've got the unzipped folders I'm unsure how to get them to Run but I'm being told to use terminal for this, anyone got ANY ideas what I can do ?

-Gervate

Raz0rEdge · Raz0rEdge #2 (**permalink**)

02-09-2011, 10:27 AM

Welcome to Mac-Forums..

Go to the directory where you have unzipped the file, if a new directory was created, you'll want "cd" into that directory.

Now do an "ls -l" to get a list of the files. Look at the left side where you'll see things like "rwxr-xr-x" or "rw-r--r--" and so on. These are the permissions of the file, you'll want to ensure that the "x" permission is set for whatever file you have to run.

Once you've confirmed that, you can execute the program with "./<program-name>". You need to add the "./" (dot and slash) to tell the shell to look for the program in the current directory..

Regards

vansmith · vansmith #3 (**permalink**)

02-09-2011, 12:06 PM

If the program is not executable, you can make it executable by doing the following:

Code:

chmod +x <filename>

Is this a program from someone you know or from online? If it's a widely available program, what is it? If we know, we may be able to be more specific.

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Gervate #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 09, 2011 Posts: 1	02-09-2011, 09:49 AM Hi, I'm currently trying to run a file I had to unzip in terminal because it wouldn't unzip by itself. I'm on my iMac and I unzipped the file succesfully but now I've got the unzipped folders I'm unsure how to get them to Run but I'm being told to use terminal for this, anyone got ANY ideas what I can do ? -Gervate
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Raz0rEdge #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 17, 2009 Location: MA Posts: 5,855 Mac Specs: 27" i7 iMac with 16GB RAM and 1TB HDD, iPhone 3G & 4, iPod Nano 16GB, iPod Shuffle, iPad 2 16GB WiFi	02-09-2011, 10:27 AM Welcome to Mac-Forums.. Go to the directory where you have unzipped the file, if a new directory was created, you'll want "cd" into that directory. Now do an "ls -l" to get a list of the files. Look at the left side where you'll see things like "rwxr-xr-x" or "rw-r--r--" and so on. These are the permissions of the file, you'll want to ensure that the "x" permission is set for whatever file you have to run. Once you've confirmed that, you can execute the program with "./<program-name>". You need to add the "./" (dot and slash) to tell the shell to look for the program in the current directory.. Regards
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