The output of the ls  -laeO command you runned can be read as:
permissions - links - owner - group - date - file

So 'wheel' is the group.

If you run 

 ls -laeO "/Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools/bat"

your script should appear in the listing.
On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 8:24:37 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:

> When I put quotes around the path I get the following:
>
> Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ ls -laeO "/Volumes/Macintosh HD - 
> Data/VCTTools"
>
> total 32
>
> drwxr-xr-x   9 neillsmith  wheel  -        288 Mar 23  2018 .
>
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root        wheel  -         96 May 16 16:08 ..
>
> -rw-r--r--@  1 neillsmith  wheel  hidden 14340 Jun 27 13:11 .DS_Store
>
> drwxr-xr-x   9 neillsmith  wheel  -        288 Mar 10  2018 .svn
>
> drwxr-xr-x  36 neillsmith  wheel  -       1152 Mar 10  2018 Etc
>
> drwxr-xr-x  61 neillsmith  wheel  -       1952 Sep 27  2020 Exe
>
> drwxr-xr-x   6 neillsmith  wheel  -        192 Dec 14  2017 MacBin
>
> drwxr-xr-x  47 neillsmith  wheel  -       1504 Apr 15  2020 Matlab
>
> drwxr-xr-x  35 neillsmith  wheel  -       1120 Dec 19  2019 bat
>
> Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ 
>
> What the heck is wheel?
>
> Neill
> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 1:57:23 PM UTC-4 jj wrote:
>
>> Neill,
>>
>> The path /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools contains spaces.
>> You should quote paths that contains spaces when using them in the 
>> terminal, like so:
>>     "/Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools"
>>
>> Otherwise the shell interprets it as 4 paths space separated: 
>>  /Volumes/Macintosh
>> HD
>> -
>> Data/VCTTools
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 7:42:59 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks to Rich and Jean I "think" we have found the problem. When I went 
>>> to execute the Terminal commands suggested by Rich I couldn't find the 
>>> /VCTTools folder in Finder to drag it to the Terminal window.
>>>
>>> I can get to /VCTTools because I had a shortcut to it in the LHS panel 
>>> of Finder where you save links to often-used folders. I have been clicking 
>>> that link to get to /VCTTools. When I do, the path shown is
>>>
>>> /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools
>>>
>>> which Jean noticed. If I paste the above path into the Terminal commands 
>>> suggested by Rich I get
>>>
>>> Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ ls -laeO /Volumes/Macintosh HD - 
>>> Data/VCTTools
>>>
>>> ls: -: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> ls: /Volumes/Macintosh: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> ls: Data/VCTTools: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> ls: HD: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> Neills-MacBook-Pro:~ neillsmith$ 
>>>
>>>
>>> If I click "back" when at the/VCTTools folder via my saved Finder link, 
>>> I end up at
>>>
>>>                Macintosh HD without /Volumes as part of the path.
>>>
>>>  I see folders
>>>
>>>               Applications, System, Users
>>>
>>> I see a lot of grayed-out entries including
>>>
>>>              Volumes
>>>
>>> If I double-click Volumes, I see two folders
>>>
>>>               Mackintosh HD (has different icon, might not be a folder)
>>>
>>>               Mackintosh - Data
>>>
>>> If I double-click Mackintosh - HD, I see the folder VCTToolds.
>>>
>>> So VCTTools is not where  thought it was. 
>>>
>>> So how and where do I move VCTTools?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Neill
>>> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 1:12:27 PM UTC-4 jj wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Neill,
>>>>
>>>> I notice that the scripting error you describe in your first post is:
>>>>
>>>> >    A scripting error has occurred:
>>>> >    sh: /VCTTools/bat/hdbgsub.sh: No such file or directory
>>>>
>>>> Yet in another post you add:
>>>>     
>>>> >    The HydroV_dbg.scpt file invokes the script hdbgsub.sh which 
>>>> resides in folder
>>>> >    /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools/bat
>>>>
>>>> Since macOS Catalina, MacOS now splits the operating system and data 
>>>> files into two volumes.
>>>>
>>>> see <
>>>> https://www.macworld.com/article/233490/why-you-might-see-a-new-data-disk-in-catalina.html
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> So hdbgsub.sh was probably moved to the data files when you upgraded 
>>>> you system and is accessible at:
>>>>     
>>>>     /Volumes/Macintosh HD - Data/VCTTools/bat/hdbgsub.sh
>>>>     
>>>> Consequently you should replace the old path by this new path in the 
>>>> script that calls hdbgsub.sh.
>>>>
>>>> [Hstat Hmsg] = system([root,slash,'Volumes',slash,'Macintosh HD - 
>>>> Data',slash,'VCTTools',slash,'bat',slash,'hdbgsub',ext,' ',filename]);
>>>>     
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Jean Jourdain
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 7:09:51 PM UTC+2 [email protected] 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 27 Jun 2021, at 12:36, Neill Smith wrote: 
>>>>>
>>>>> > K>> cd /VCTTools 
>>>>> > Error using cd 
>>>>> > Cannot CD to /VCTTools (Name is nonexistent or not a directory). 
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > So in Finder I can get to /VCTTools and edit files. BBEdit can open 
>>>>> > files 
>>>>> > under /VCTTools and edit them. 
>>>>> > But other programs don't see this directory /VCTTools. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps you and the Finder have a different idea of where that folder 
>>>>> is. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Try this: 
>>>>>
>>>>> - open a new Terminal window. 
>>>>>
>>>>> - type "ls -laeO " (including the space), but do NOT press Return or 
>>>>> Enter. 
>>>>>
>>>>> - drag the "VCTTools" folder from the Finder *into* the Terminal 
>>>>> window. 
>>>>> This will enter the full path to the folder. 
>>>>>
>>>>> - now press Return. 
>>>>>
>>>>> At step 3 you'll see the actual Unix path to the "VCTTools" folder, 
>>>>> and 
>>>>> that perhaps may explain why Terminal and Finder don't agree. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Then supply the output from the "ls" command, since that may hold some 
>>>>> clues as well. 
>>>>>
>>>>> R. 
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc. 
>>>>> <[email protected]> <https://www.barebones.com/> 
>>>>>
>>>>> Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me. 
>>>>>
>>>>

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