What is meaning of this code: chomd +x mydate

[Richard E Miles]

> Hi,
>    I want to edit a shell shript file which name is mydate. But How can
> I run this shell shript file. Someone told me to use "chomd +x mydate",
> but what meaning it is  and where I should use!
> Thanks a lot!

It sets the execute permission for the script named mydate. Then you can type
./mydate to run it.

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Richard E Miles
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