shell script not executing

Question

I am trying to run a shell script on unix, but I am getting an error specifying it can't be executed.

Command

Unix> Abc.ksh
ksh: Abc.ksh: cannot execute

Also tried

pcasvs17 >  ./Abc.ksh
ksh: ./Abc.ksh: cannot execute

The script starts with

 #!/bin/ksh

Any help is appreciated.

ennuikiller · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-15 00:46:24Z

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chmod +x Abc.ksh and try again with ./Abc.ksh

answered Apr 15, 2013 at 0:46

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3 Comments

misguided Over a year ago

Thanks Mate , it worked. I'll accept the anwer.The access available before was -rw-r--r-- , after running the command the access available was -rwxr-xr--

user206168 Over a year ago

Can you explain why we need to do that?

andrew lorien Over a year ago

the x means "executable". Before the chmod command, the file could be Read and Written, but not eXecuted (not even by the person who wrote it)

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