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How do I run a windows executable in linux shell script?

I have an executable program (no source code, just the compiled executable) that was made in windows (.exe extension). It doesn't use any graphics... it simply reads and writes files. I want to be ...
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Can a script be executable but not readable?

Is it possible to execute a script if there is no permission to read it? In root mode I made script and I want that other user can execute this script but not read. I did chmod to forbid read and ...
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Is it safe to remove a script file from within that script?

Imagine I have a script foo. It should be run once when the user logs in and isn't needed after a successful run. My question: Is it safe to remove the script file from within the script? E.g.: ...
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How can I use environment variables in my shebang?

I have a Python script that need to be run with a particular python installation. Is there a way to craft a shebang so that it runs with $FOO/bar/MyCustomPython?
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How would one detect if external command exists in a script?

Is there a way to detect if an external command exists (i.e. wget, svn)? More specifically today, i was trying to run one of my scripts i wrote and the person didn't have wget or svn installed. The ...
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./executable: cannot execute binary file

I have a script that works well when I ssh to the server to execute it myself, but has problems when Hudson, a continuous integration server, runs it. I am automating tests on an embedded linux ...
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Different ways to execute a shell script

There a several ways to execute a script, the ones I know are: /path/to/script # using the path (absolute or relative) . script # using the . (dot) source script # using the `source` command ...