What does the asterisk mean after a filename when you type `ls -l`?
Problem
I've done an inside a directory, and my files are displaying like this : What does that asterisk mean? I'm also unable to run a particular file, as follows: EDIT : I'm trying to get Eclipse to use , but it keeps complaining the files does not exist, yet it is here?
Error Output
james@nevada:~/development/tools/android-sdk-linux_86/tools$ ll total 9512 drwxr-xr-x 3 james james 4096 2010-05-07 19:48 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6 james james 4096 2010-08-21 20:43 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 james james 341773 2010-05-07 19:47 adb* -rwxr-xr-x 1 james james 3636 2010-05-07 19:47 android* -rw…
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Fix for: What does the asterisk mean after a filename when you type `ls -l`?
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams has already explained about the : It means that the file is executable. A classifier is shown when -F is passed to ls via the command line or otherwise. As for the executable-looking that you can't actually execute, this can happen when the dynamic loader requested by doesn't exist. You can check what kind of file is with the command , and check what dynamic loader and libraries it needs with (any line showing “not found” is something you need to install). Given the name …
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