How to run .exe executable file from linux command line?

shail korat picture shail korat · Jun 27, 2014 · Viewed 38.5k times · Source

I have one abc.exe executable file in windows. I am able to execute this application using DOS command promt and give some run-time variable to it.

I want to do same in linux system from terminal.

How can I do this??

Answer

choroba picture choroba · Jun 27, 2014

Windows EXE files usually can't run on Linux. You might be successful with wine which emulates MS Windows, though:

wine abc.exe

What do you mean by a runtime variable? A command line argument, or environment variable?