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  From: Nick Morrison <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
  To  : John Hart" <john1961@bigpond.com>, "Linux User Group <john1961@bigpond.com>
  Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 10:19:42 +0930

RE: Bourne Shell Script Text

Hello,

 > I am still unable to open this Quake file. How do I run a Gzip file
 > that has a sh extension? When I run a terminal from KDE with the
 > command "sh linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh" nothing happens.
 > 
 > I don't know enough about linux to know what to do when downloading
 > these types of files. Any advice would be a great help.

Send us the output of "file linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh".


[nickm@neptune quake]$ file linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh [enter]
?????


"file" will try to guess what sort of file it is, and therefore you'll
be able to figure out how to deal with it.

Nick Morrison

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