open *.sh files.

[dror]

hey,
i downloaded files from Sequence Reading Archive from NCBI.
the files are fastq format.
i succeeded to open it in windows.
but i didn't succeeded in linux, i am using ubuntu.
anyone any idea?

[jimmybee]

.sh files are shell scripts that usually dont contain sequence (well in my experience anyway). Usually fastq sequence files are *.fq or *.fastq

Assuming you have permissions, do "bash *.sh". If you dont have permissions make the file executable using "chmod a+x *.sh"