Can’t start Eclipse from command line in Ubuntu

Question 1

If I double-click on the eclipse icon then Eclipse boots up, but for some reason when I navigate to the directory of Eclipse and run something like

sudo bash eclipse

I get the error that it can’t execute a binary file. Which is strange because why does double-clicking on it work then? 🙂

Thanks,
Alex

Question 2

Actually the answer why and the command to do it correctly on various OS is here:

Answer