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mpalmer / action-validator

Tool to validate GitHub Action and Workflow YAML files
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bash reports "cannot execute binary file" when trying to run action-validator_darwin_amd64 #15

Closed MarkCallow closed 2 years ago

MarkCallow commented 2 years ago

I downloaded action-validator_darwin_amd64 from Releases. According to Finder it is a "Document". Finder opens it in a text editor - after I've made GateKeeper happy to open it. I set the mode to 755 and put it in my path. Bash then reports the error in the issue subject and the file utility reports it is a data file.

How can I run this tool?

mpalmer commented 2 years ago

Looks OK to me:

$ file action-validator_darwin_amd64
action-validator_darwin_amd64: Mach-O 64-bit x86_64 executable, flags:<NOUNDEFS|DYLDLINK|TWOLEVEL|PIE|HAS_TLV_DESCRIPTORS>

What is the size and md5sum of the file you've downloaded? If it opens in a text editor, does it look like text?

MarkCallow commented 2 years ago

The size is 3.7Mb. The md5 sum is 5b0c8e029427b15b2341270e16c7470d.

I've just downloaded it again. The new file is also 3.7Mb. The md5 sum is ca250ab408477c41626b714a6726652b. Finder still shows this as a "Document" but file now says it is a Mach-O executable and I've been able to run it. It looks like some gremlins crept into the original download.

@mpalmer thanks for your reply.

EDIT: Rather than a download gremlin, I suspect the downloaded file was modified when I double-clicked it and Finder opened it in TextEdit, even though I did not change anything before quitting.