text file > executable

[osimp]

Can a text file be saved as an executable? If so, how?

 

[earthsaver]

Open Terminal. Type

chmod a+x

and drag in the saved text file. Then, remove the file's extension in its Info window in the Finder.

 

[osimp]

Hmm. Result in Terminal is 'usage: chmod [-fv] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-a | +a | =a [# [ n]]] mode|entry file ...' My limited Terminal experience suggests that there's something wrong with the command, which was '~ osimp$ chmod a+x/Users/osimp/Desktop/CGSGetDebugOptions.rtf' (I removed the '.rtf' as instructed).

 

[earthsaver]

Two things: You need a space after a+x and you need to do this on a text file (.txt) not a rich text file. You can use TextEdit's Format > Make Plain Text command and resave.

 

[osimp]

Those were indeed the issue(s). Thanks again.