Troubleshooting: Command Execution Issues on Linux

import os command_1 = f"which {command_name}" # would print where the command is installed on the system op1 = _exe(hostname, command_1) print("Command is installed in the following location") print(op1) command_2 = f"type {command_name}" # tells you if a command is a file, an alias, a built-in shell command, or a function op2 = _exe(hostname, command_2) print(op2) def is_script(file_path): # Check if the file exists and is executable if os.path.isfile(file_path) and os.access(file_path, os.X_OK): # Optionally, check the first few bytes for a shebang (#!) try: with open(file_path, 'r') as file: first_line = file.readline() return first_line.startswith('#!') except UnicodeDecodeError: # File is not a text file, could still be a binary executable return True return False def verify_script(script_path): # Define the command to check the existence and permissions of the script command = f"ls -l {file_path}" # Execute the command result = _exe(hostname, command) # If the command was successful, print the output print(f"Verification successful:\n{result}") # Check if the file at script_path is a script if is_script(file_path): print(f"{file_path} is a script. Verifying...") verify_script(file_path) else: print(f"{file_path} is not a script or does not have execute permissions.")

ls -l $(which <command_name>) ls -l <file_path>

sudo <command_name>

dpkg -l | grep <command_name>

ldd $(which <command_name>)

echo $PATH