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Explaining "-bash: No such file or directory"

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Why would bash claim that a file doesn't exist when it clearly does?

$ ls -l a

-r-x------ 1 configurator configurator 3904 Dec  7 10:36 a



$ file a

a: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped



$ ./a

-bash: ./a: No such file or directory

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answered 1 Year ago disdry · Accepted Answer

You get this error because you try to run a 32-bit executable on a 64-bit operating system.

And the message No such file or directory does not refer to your executable file called a. Instead the error it refers to a helper program that's needed to run the 32-bit dynamically linked executable a.

You can find more information referring to static and dynamic linkage in this answer.