Introduction You may find yourself in a situation where you remember the content of a file but not its name. Linux offers various commands to help you find files based on specific text strings within ...

The main purpose of the execute bit is to control whether or not you can run a file as a program or script. If you enter the name of a file on your command line, your shell will attempt to execute it.

A program (binary, or executable) is a file on disk somewhere, in a recognized format. Common formats include ELF on Linux, ...

The command's syntax is relatively simple and consists of three parts: options, the script containing the Linux commands to run, and the file name. George Whittaker is the editor of Linux Journal, and ...