One can use the shared library loader to invoke binaries that do not have executable bit set, comes in handy once in a while. $ cp /bin/chmod . $ chmod -x

One can use the shared library loader to invoke binaries that do not have executable bit set, comes in handy once in a while. $ cp /bin/chmod . $ chmod -x ./chmod $ /lib/ld-2.19.so ./chmod ./chmod: missing operand Try './chmod --help' for more information.