Hi, Matyas. Steve is correct that fetchChromSizes is a script and not a compiled executable.
You may need to set the executable bit on the script, chmod +x fetchChromSizes and run it with a path: ./fetchChromSizes (assuming that fetchChromSizes is in the current directory) -Galt On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Steve Heitner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, Matyas. > > This particular file is not an executable, but a script that runs in your > shell environment. You can either right-click the link and save the file > or > copy and paste the text into a new file. If you run the script in your > shell, you will see the usage statement. You can also view the usage > statements for this and all utilities below the list of files on the page > you referenced. > > Please contact us again at [email protected] if you have any further > questions. > > --- > Steve Heitner > UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Matyas Flemr > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Genome] fetchChromSizes for linux > > Hello > > I am probably totally stupid (I'm a pure biologist after all.. :) but I > can't manage to download an executable for fetchChromSizes from the folder > http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/ > > when I click on fetchChromSizes the script only opens as a text.. is this > normal? do I need an executable? or could you let me know how to run the > script? > I'm sorry for such a stupid question.. I'm not a programmer nor a linux guy > so I got a bit lost here... > > many thanks > matyas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome > > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome > _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
