Linux Shell Scripting - bash: ELF command not found

[shady_inc]

Hello.!
I have a executable tbc stored at $HOME/abc/xyz/tbc.Now, if I try running the executable with ". $HOME/abc/xyz/tbc" or "source $HOME/abc/xyz/tbc", it gives a message:
bash: ELF : command not found
But if I first cd to $HOME/abc/xyz and then run"./tbc", it works just fine.
What's the issue here.?
Thanks.!

[mehulved]

Works fine for me. Can you show us your script?

[shady_inc]

The executable I am talking about is the Befunge Compiler.It can be found here.I compiled the C source file and am trying to the executable when it comes up with the error.

[Sykora]

When you use source, you're asking the shell to interpret the file. When you try to source a binary executable, it'll try to interpret it and fail. Use source only on scripts which the shell can understand.

[shady_inc]

Originally Posted by Sykora

When you use source, you're asking the shell to interpret the file. When you try to source a binary executable, it'll try to interpret it and fail. Use source only on scripts which the shell can understand.

But that doesn't explain why the executable works when I cd to it's directory and then source it.

[mehulved]

Originally Posted by shady_inc

". $HOME/abc/xyz/tbc"

This is definitely wrong, no wonder it's giving you a problem. It can be $HOME/abc/xyz/tbc but not this.

Originally Posted by shady_inc

"source $HOME/abc/xyz/tbc", it gives a message:
bash: ELF : command not found

Here's the description of source from the man pages

source - Evaluate a file or resource as a Tcl script

definitely not what you want.

Originally Posted by shady_inc

But if I first cd to $HOME/abc/xyz and then run"./tbc", it works just fine.
What's the issue here.?
Thanks.!

Cos you're running the executable file itself out here.