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I downloaded a file with a .gz extension only. It should be a folder with more files inside but when I do

$gunzip DOd.gz

What I get is a binary file DOd without extensions. If I check what the file is I get

$file DOd
DOd: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=dcbc85e17b9e60e67973f488eca1b930b4cd9d9d, not stripped

Any idea how to get the contents of this file?

Atirag
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This don't seem to be a compressed file, by the file output it's a binary file, a executable, IF AND ONLY IF you REALLY trust the source of the file you can 

chmod +x DOd

and try to run it

./DOd

it might be a self-extracting or something like that, but again, only if you really trust the source, if not try to download it again from another source.

melpomene
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Tom Andrade
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  • I trust the source. I get ./DOd: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.55.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory – Atirag Jul 28 '17 at 12:32
  • @Atirag That means the executable needs a shared library that you don't have. But this is still not a programming question. – melpomene Jul 28 '17 at 12:37
  • @melpomene I installed those libraries and still the same issue. Yes I know, I figured it was ok here since I saw similar questions when I searched on Google but I will delete it then. – Atirag Jul 28 '17 at 12:40
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ELF is a linux executable format.

Juan
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