Difficulty executing a binary file
 

I've done this before successfully, but don't quite understand why I'm having difficulty now.

I have a binary file I want to run under Linux. As with every other binary file, I try to execute it with 'sh' but I get an error message... 'cannot execute binary file' Anyone have any suggestions?

I see the file listed as an executable, but somethings just not right. The binary file I download, which installs the program, ran perfectly fine.

Any ideas? :confused:

Sh interprets shell scripts. They are not binary files, they are an interpreted scripting language.

To run binary files use:

./<name>

Without the <>
No space before.

I appreciate the response. Thanks. That should have dawned on me.