Running executable file from terminal

Question

I am new to Ubuntu and currently I am trying to run executable files from the terminal but nothing is happening. When I am listing the files in the current directory I am obtaining the following:

brandon@ubuntu:~/Desktop/file_mapping/Debug$ ls -l
total 104
-rwxr-xr-x 1 brandon brandon 88481 Apr 25 19:59 file_mapping
-rw-r--r-- 1 brandon brandon  1001 Apr 26 00:00 makefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 brandon brandon   231 Apr 24 18:58 objects.mk
-rw-r--r-- 1 brandon brandon   392 Apr 26 00:00 sources.mk
drwxr-xr-x 2 brandon brandon  4096 Apr 25 19:59 src

However when I am trying to run the file_mapping exec file, the following is obtained:

brandon@ubuntu:~/Desktop/file_mapping/Debug$ ./file_mapping
open: No such file or directory

Solution

Based on the error you show, you are actually running file_mapping. The problem is probably in the executable itself. Note the error:

open: No such file or directory

open is actually a command, I am assuming that file_mapping is a script that calls open on a non-existent file. I can't be sure of the details unless you post the contents of file_mapping though.

In any case, you have successfully ran an executable file from the terminal, your problem is something else.

Comments

[Panther]

is home mounted noexec ?

[eyoung100]

use sh <filename>

[enedil]

@ECarterYoung and what if it is a binary file, not a shell script?

[No Time]

Are you trying to install or compile something? Just wondering why there is a makefile along with the source code inside of the directory.

[eyoung100]

If it can be invoked via sh, its a shell script ./ is shorthand for sh. For an executable/binary, you just type the name. Your next thing would be to open file_mapping in a text editor, and post the code here...