[topcat]

When listiing files using "ls -al" in terminal, I noticed that some ordinary documents had their x flag set while other did not, even though created by the same program e.g., Word. For example one file had permisions "-rwxrwxr-x" and another had "-rw-rw-r--". I thought the x flag was only for executable files? Is this a permissions error? Will it cause any problems? If so, what's the best way to fix it?

[CatOne]

Originally posted by topcat:
When listiing files using "ls -al" in terminal, I noticed that some ordinary documents had their x flag set while other did not, even though created by the same program e.g., Word. For example one file had permisions "-rwxrwxr-x" and another had "-rw-rw-r--". I thought the x flag was only for executable files? Is this a permissions error? Will it cause any problems? If so, what's the best way to fix it?

It's not going to cause any problems whatsoever. Just leave it.

If you really have a rock in your craw about it, just do "chmod -x <filename>" and it will unset the executable bit.

[topcat]

Thanks for the info, CatOne.