Ubuntu – Simple file doesn’t run (command not found!)

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Here in the screen shot, there is a window and terminal open.

Problem

I am running on Ubuntu 10.04(kernel 2.6) LTS 64bit LiveCD session, and trying to run testDisk to recover my another formatted partition.

But, whenever I run the 

sudo testdisk_static

command, it says, command not found!

As you can see in the picture, this file(testdisk_static) exists. if i double click it nothing happens. Its not running from terminal either.

Why this file doesn't run? What to do in this situation?

Best Answer

Since testdisk_static is not in your $PATH, you need to specify the path for it to run.

You can use a relative path if you are in the same directory: sudo ./testdisk_static

or you can specify the absolute path from any working directory: sudo /media/Foxtrot\ Bravo/testdisk-6.12/testdisk_static [Note: the backslash after Foxtrot is important to escape the space that follows.]

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