does anyone have a quick reference for the commands that you can run in the terminal.

actually all i really need right now is just the command for running a program.

its like this -

1. if its files of the type u just talked bout (flash_installer...), where u do not see any file extension at the end, then u can just execute them by typing "./file_name" in the same directory as the file is in.

2. if u see files of the type xxx.bin or some else , then most probably u might have to change its file type to executable which u will do by typing (in the terminal, in the directory where the file is):
chmod a+x file_name

the above command will make that file executable.

and then u do the same as earlier - "./file_name"

since ur on rh, u might wanna look at stuff here as reference:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/

pressing the TAB key two times in an empty terminal will list all the commands you can execute.

if all the linux commands in existance could be listed here nobody would use linux except maybe lifless mac junkies that want simplicity over usability

What kind of progam are you trying to run?

File permission has to be 755 (chmod 755 /path/to/file/to/run/<filename>)

Now, command:
/path/to/file/to/run/<filename>