some_file.py:
#! /usr/bin/python
print("Hello World!")
On terminal:
sudo chown +x some_file.py
chown: invalid user: ‘+x’
I want to make the file executable.
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Pushp Vashisht
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`chmod --help`? – alecxs May 30 '20 at 08:52
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Try looking at the man page for chown `man chown` – matt freake May 30 '20 at 08:56
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1It happens, just remember `chown` -- **ch**ange **own**er, and `chmod` is **ch**ange **mod**e. – David C. Rankin May 30 '20 at 09:04
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Sorry guys, my bad, thanks for your time alecxs, matt-freake and david-c-rankin. – Pushp Vashisht Jul 07 '20 at 10:49
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The chown command stands for change ownership. That's why you get invalid user: ‘+x’, because it was expecting a user as input.
If you want to change permissions of a file you must use the chmod command. To make a file executable for the user owner of that file you could try
chmod u+x some_file.py
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