How to run binary file in Linux

Question

I have a file called commanKT and want to run it in a Linux terminal. Can someone help by giving the command to run this file? I tried ./commonRT but I

Answer 1

To execute a binary or .run file in Linux from the shell, use the dot forward slash friend

 ./binary_file_name

and if it fails say because of permissions, you could try this before executing it

 chmod +x binary_file_name
 # then execute it
 ./binary_file_name

Hope it helps