The latest articles on DEV Community by sam (@samstag). https://dev.to/samstag https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4115702%2Fc3bf30c5-2639-4db5-9897-9fffbd561532.png https://dev.to/samstag en sam Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:57:12 +0000 https://dev.to/samstag/got-snobbed-by-my-local-bin-n14 https://dev.to/samstag/got-snobbed-by-my-local-bin-n14 <h2> Hello devs, </h2> <h2> How's everyone doing ? </h2> <p>So I wrote the following script</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F365ceyyl82108bgxroyd.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F365ceyyl82108bgxroyd.png" alt="A screenshot of the C script" width="552" height="270"></a></p> <p>I had open-typer downloaded and just wanted a shorter way to run the AppImage. I made it an executable. That's when I wrote the script above coz the name was too long. I'm not a fun of long names.</p> <p>I then moved the executable to bin, <br> so that I could run it from anywhere without the './' thingies<br> (video down below)</p> <p>But when I tried to run it <br> Nothing happenned.<br> The executable was fine but bin didn't actually seem to care about it<br> I mean the other ones worked just fine.<br> So here I am, I need your help techies or whoever you are,<br> Also he ate the pixels<br> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hAaVYEbU0pE" width="710" height="399"> </iframe> </p> help linux programming