Bill McCarthy wrote: [...]
and the following, perhaps, inconsistent results:
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All file without extensions are NOT executable except:./tools/dos/ref ./tools/dos/vim132 ./tools/dos/vimm ./tools/ref ./tools/vim132 ./tools/vimm
tools/ref and tools/vimm are sh scripts, tools/vim132 is a csh script, as shown by their respective first lines: so it is normal for them to have the executable bit set. The rest of what you noticed surprises me more.
Best regards, Tony.