I have a new iMac os v 10.6. I recently received some documents on a CD that has an icon indicating it is a UNIX executable file. (black icon with green letters in the top right that says 'exec'. Is there a way I can open these documents on my Mac?
I ran into .exe files at the D-Link website a few years ago: some of their manuals were packaged that way. Dragging them into StuffIt Expander opened them and revealed a PDF. I can't remember whether I had to change the extension from .exe. to .zip or not.
Not unless you install windoze and use it to run them. If they're other than executables, such as text docs, then change their endings to .txt and use a text editor to open them.
A file appears as if it were a Unix Executable File if the system has no way of knowing what the file is (no file name extension, no metadata) and executable permissions appear to be set. What are these documents supposed to be? Choose an appropriate application and open them with that.
First you need to determine what their extension is supposed to be, change them, and then double-click one. iTunes and QuickTime can play audio files. You need to identify their appropriate ending.
These files have a .trm extension. I received them on a CD. I know they are supposed to be audio files. I just don't know what format. When I click 'get info' for the document, it indicates that it is a 'Unix executable file' and the file itself is big, 1.3MB. Are there any applications out there that can read a UNIX execut. file (or a way to convert this file to one that can be read on my Mac.
If they are audio files, then they are not "Unix executable files". The Finder is just displaying that file type as a last resort because it has no idea what else these files are. If you can find an application that can open a ".trm" file, then set that as the "Open With..." application. Then they will be .trm files.
I recently downloaded several videos from the internet that has an icon indicating it is a UNIX executable file. I couldn't open the file until then I tried to convert it via HandBrake. The first was successful. The problem occurs when i tried to covert another file. It was said no valid source found. What's that supposed to mean? Is there any way I can open this video or convert it on my iMac?
i did steps as you wrote but it apparently doesn't do any change. When I opened with terminal this is what's written: " -bash: /Users/jesseharwig/Downloads/Folx/Maison.De.Himiko.avi.006: cannot execute binary file"
when I followed your step it was saying something like this: No such file or directory
Here's the situation, these files are .avi videos (as it's written in name&extension field). When i click 'get info' it shows that in the general info the kind of the video is Unix Executable File (black square box with neon green 'exec' writing on the left top corner of the square) and 136.4 MB in size.
I don't want to get technical here so I'll just say that because a file has the "executable" permissions flag set doesn't make it "executable". If these are +video files+ then they need to be
played with a video player. Try giving them to the Quicktime player.
Edited Update:
I should have read some of the earlier posts in this thread other than the last two. Other's basically are saying things similar to what I said. Sorry for the redundant post.
The problem is that your computer does not know what kind of file it is, probably because it has no valid extension. In your later post, I notice you refer to a file ending in ".avi.006" - it's the ".006" part that is likely to be the extension, and that's not a valid extension.
If the file is a .avi file, it needs to end in ".avi", and then you'll need an appropriate application to play it. Download a copy of [VLC|http://www.videolan.org/vlc>, which can play pretty much every movie format you're likely to run into.
However, the ".006" at the end of that file is a bit concerning... that could indicate that it's part 6 of a file that has somehow been broken into 6 or more segments. You'll need to contact the creator of that file if simply changing the extension doesn't let you play it.
