cannot execute Binary

**n00b1337** · 05-02-2005

When i write "dir" to see what's in a folder the terminal says: Bash: /bin/dir cannot execute binary file. What can i do? i Find this pretty anoying and need help. thx in forward.

**serz** · 05-02-2005

dir doesn't exist in Linux, the command that's used in UNIX-like systems is ls.

**drakebasher** · 05-02-2005

Originally Posted by n00b1337

What can i do? i Find this pretty anoying and need help.

Yeah, well Linux finds it annoying when users ask it to do Windows commands....

In the Tutorials section of the forums is this one on basic bash commands:
http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...rial-1154.html

For more information, O'Reilly & Associates has an excellent small book called Linux Pocket Guide

A useful command (sometimes) when you want to do something, but you don't know what command will work, use the command 'apropos' with a keyword of what you are looking for. To see commands related to listing the contents of a directory, I would try:

Code:

apropos list
...or...
apropos directory

Finally, if you know a command, but you are not sure what it does or how to use it, use the 'man' command to see the "manual" pages:

Code:

man commandname

Press 'q' to quit from 'man'.

For man pages online, along with a handy list of most commands, go on-line to http://linuxreviews.org/man/

**scm** · 05-02-2005

You can set aliases in the shell if you feel more comfortable with DOS commands (I must admit that DOS's md command is the only one with a better name than the UNIX one

):

Code:

alias dir="ls -l"
alias copy=cp
alias rename=mv

Put them in one of your bash profile files to make them "permanent".

Steve

**lakerdonald** · 05-02-2005

Originally Posted by serz

dir doesn't exist in Linux, the command that's used in UNIX-like systems is ls.

Unfortunately, you are mistaken. dir does exist in GNU/Linux, and is part of the fileutils package. I find it annoying whenever I try to convert somebody to linux they never warm up to ls, even though it is much more powerful.

**drakebasher** · 05-03-2005

Originally Posted by I

Code:

apropos list
...or...
apropos directory

...but when you do that, you'll get 200 lines of output from the first command and 61 lines from the second. So even better would be:

Code:

apropos list | grep directory

...which will result in only 4 commands, including both 'dir' and 'ls'. Let's see what dos can do to match that!

Resource: Linux Pocket Guide

**serz** · 05-03-2005

Yes, you're right lakerdonald, my mistake

**lakerdonald** · 05-03-2005

I wish I was wrong though. haha

**serz** · 05-03-2005

Originally Posted by lakerdonald

I wish I was wrong though. haha

Yes! hehe.

:P

**n00b1337** · 05-03-2005

thx guys

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