If you can’t find your Terminal app, then download a new Linux Terminal emulator.

Just search for “Terminal” to see if you have a Terminal app. If you don’t immediately see a Terminal icon, then try pressing Ctrl+ Alt+ T on your keyboard.

Most Linux distributions include a Terminal application.

Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

You can find it in your Utilities folder.

The macOS already comes with a Terminal application.

Open Your Terminal Applicationĭepending on your operating system (Mac, Unix, or Linux), your Terminal application might have a different name, but regardless, the following steps will be the same. Why? When you saved the file it became a text file and your operating system no longer considers it to be “executable” file. But as soon as you save the file, it won’t automatically open in your Terminal application anymore.

If you are just learning how to use Unix or Linux, then you might be modifying an existing Unix executable file using a plain text editor.

Make exe file mac