Command To Run (execute) Bin Files In Linux

To run a binary file in Linux, you need to make the file executable and then run it. Follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where the binary file is located.

2. Use the ls -l command to list the file permissions for the binary file. The output should look something like this:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 76444 Jan 1 12:34 myprogram

The -rwxr-xr-x part indicates the file permissions. The first - indicates that the file is a regular file, and the rwxr-xr-x part indicates the permissions for the owner, group, and others. The r stands for read permission, w stands for write permission, and x stands for execute permission.

3. If the x permission is not set for the file, you need to set it using the chmod command. For example, to set the execute permission for the owner of the file, type the following command:

chmod u+x myprogram

To set the execute permission for the group and others, you can use g+x and o+x, respectively. For example:

chmod g+x myprogram
chmod o+x myprogram

4. To run the binary file, type the name of the file followed by any command-line arguments. For example:

./myprogram arg1 arg2

This will execute the myprogram binary with the arguments arg1 and arg2.

Note: Some binary files may require additional libraries or dependencies to be installed on your system in order to run properly. If you encounter errors when trying to run a binary file, you may need to install the required dependencies.