dumb question

[Paul Allen Newell]

On 1/4/2012 1:22 PM, g wrote:
> On 01/04/2012 08:06 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> <>
>
>> If you want them to be directly executable, yes.  But if you call them
>> as input to a shell they need not be.
> -=-
>
> in addition, run this;
>
>
>    man .
>
> that will give you some more insight to executing files.
>

I never knew there was a man page for '.' ... am starting to read it 
now, thanks