How to make file executable using terminal

by | Jul 18, 2017 | Howtos, Linux, Mac, OS, Security | 0 comments

To give permission to execute a file you should navigate to file copied location in terminal

by default when you open-up the terminal your terminal location will look some thing like this

george@Area51-HP-Pro-3330-MT ~ $

if you type “pwd

you can see current directory in the terminal

george@Area51-HP-Pro-3330-MT ~ $ pwd

/home/george                                         <—-  currently i have mounted to /home/user

for this tutorial i have copied file in a folder in the desktop so i have to navigate to that directory for eg: my folder name is called “Dashboard”

to navigate that folder i have to type in cd /Desktop/Dashboard

after that type ls so that you can list all files in the terminal

they type following command in the terminal , in my case i am using NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66.run file as executable this may vary with yours

sudo chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66.run

* Note

sudo = root “super user ” permission

 

chmod = The command name chmod stands for “change mode”, and it is used to define the way a file can be accessed.

 

+x = this will execute a file

 

./ = if you are using a script .sh or .run you should use this following by the file name

 

if you use -x instead of +x this will remove file permission

 

sudo chmod -x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66.run

This is will remove permissions

Written By George Sruthin

Founder of techridez.com, A Tech Enthusiast, Linux lover.

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