Re: Newbie question about command line execution

From: Martin Blume (mblume_at_socha.net)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:15:17 +0200

"Clifford Stern" schrieb
> I can't figure out how execute a program on the command line.
> Here is the error message after typing the name and hitting
> Enter:
> bash: ppsiqs: command not found
> The program does exist in the directory, because when I try
> more ppsiqs
> the result is:
> ******** ppsiqs: Not a text file ********
>
Usually, and for good reason (*), the current working directory
is not included in the search path (it is so by default IIRC
in DOS).

So you'll have to type:

$ ./ppsiqs

in order to run it.

HTH
Martin

(*) an attacker could put a script called 'ls' in the current
directory and do horrible things to your machine.

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