Programming :: How Come Windows .exe Files Can Not Be Run?
Mar 31, 2011
I have been doing some work with assembly and low level stuff like that and had some questions. When programs are compiled they are converted into machine language. The problem is that all of the books I read assumes the user uses Linux. How come windows .exe files can not be run in Linux? I under stand there are some proprietary software that might be required like directx but I'm not talking about that. How come the same C program compiled in a Linux environment and a windows environment cant be interchanged? What is physically different about compiling a program in windows and Linux? Is one way better then the other or are they just different ways to reach the same place? I haven't done any work with apple computers but I assume that its similar to Linux.
I have been looking around the internet and the best answer I have been able to get so far is "because that's how it is" and "because windows uses file extensions". If somebody were able to give me the facts or point me to a website that does I would be very happy.
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For example:
Code:
or:
Code:
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I have two files
Code:
we have to consider here $5 , $6 , $7 for our search
file2.txt
Code:
Here we should take only $2 for comparison. As you can most of the $2 field records has value and some do not have value.
Question:I want to take the fields $5 , $6 , $7 from file 1 and compare it with $2 field from file 2. and the rsult should be like this:
Code:
The final output will look like this
Actual file1.txt (before running the code)
Code:
FIle1.txt after running the above said condition
Code:
So the field $5 , $6 , $7 should get replaced from the matched valued of $1(file1)
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