Run script on mac prompt Permission denied

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I m new to mac with not familiar on terminal command  i put the dvtcolorconvert rb file on root directory of my volume  this ruby script can converting xcode 3 themes into xcode 4 themes format  which is xxxxxxxx dvtcolortheme format     Then run the script  dvtcolorconvert rb   Themes ObsidianCode xccolortheme on terminal  but it s always prompt  Permission denied    what s wrong with this  Anybody can help me solve this problem  Thanks

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Check the permissions on your Ruby script (may not have execute permission), your theme file and directory (in case it can't read the theme or tries to create other themes in there), and the directory you're in when you run the script (in case it makes temporary files in the current directory rather then /tmp).

Any one of them could be causing you grief.

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To run in the administrator mode in mac  sudo su

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In my case  I had made a stupid typo in the shebang   So in case someone else on with fat fingers stumbles across this question   Whoops     usr local bin ruby  I meant to write     usr bin env ruby  The vague error ZSH gives sent me down the wrong path   ZSH  zsh  permission denied    foo rb  Bash  bash    foo rb   usr local bin  bad interpreter  Permission denied

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Please read the whole answer before attempting to run with sudo  Try running sudo  dvtcolorconvert rb   Themes ObsidianCode xccolortheme  The sudo command executes the commands which follow it with  superuser  or  root  privileges  This should allow you to execute almost anything from the command line  That said  DON T DO THIS  If you are running a script on your computer and don t need it to access core components of your operating system  I m guessing you re not since you are invoking the script on something inside your home directory        then it should be running from your home directory  ie     dvtcolorconvert rb   Themes ObsidianCode xccolortheme  Move it to    or a sub directory and execute from there  You should never have permission issues there and there wont be a risk of it accessing or modifying anything critical to your OS   If you are still having problems you can check the permissions on the file by running ls -l while in the same directory as the ruby script  You will get something like this     ls -l   total 13   drwxr-xr-x    4 or019268 Administ    12288 Apr 10 18 14 TestWizard   drwxr-xr-x    4 or019268 Administ     4096 Aug 27 12 41 Wizard Controls   drwxr-xr-x    5 or019268 Administ     8192 Sep  5 00 03 Wizard UI   -rw-r--r--    1 or019268 Administ     1375 Sep  5 00 03 readme txt   You will notice that the readme txt file says -rw-r--r-- on the left  This shows the permissions for that file  The 9 characters from the right can be split into groups of 3 characters of  rwx   read  write  execute   If I want to add execute rights to this file I would execute chmod 755 readme txt and that permissions portion would become rwxr-xr-x  I can now execute this file if I want to by running   readme txt     tells the bash to look in the current directory for the intended command rather that search the  PATH variable    schluchc alludes to looking at the man page for chmod  do this by running man chmod  This is the best way to get documentation on a given command  man  lt command gt

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use source before file name   like my file which i want to run from terminal is   jay bin activate so i used command  quot source   jay bin activate quot

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You should run the script as  superuser   just add  sudo  in front of the command and type your password when prompted   So try   sudo  dvtcolorconvert rb   Themes ObsidianCode xccolortheme   If this doesn t work  try adapting the permissions   sudo chmod 755  dvtcolorconvert rb sudo chmod 755   Themes ObsidianCode xccolortheme

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Did you give yourself the rights to execute the script   The following command as super user will do this for you   sudo chmod 755  filename   For details you should read the man page of chmod

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