Old mac audio files now appear as executable unix files

a long time mac user, back in 95 & 96 i had a PB165 that allowed me to record some of my daughters first words as she spoke into the computer. long ago i saved them to floppy disks. i got an external floppy drive with a usb port and was all ready to transfer these files and create a cd of these sounds but they now appear as "Executable Unix files". First i blindly tried to open one of them using iTunes but there was no luck there. Then i searched this site on how to open "executable unix files" and got some information about using Terminal. Have never used Terminal before and tried to follow the directions but had no luck.
I've probably missed something easy, but have spent a bit of time trying to do this without any luck. So am humbly asking for help as I try to retrieve these nuggets of sounds that can not be reproduced.
thanks,
david

Just adding an extension won't change what is in the file. If you know what the file is (.wav, .aif, etc), then adding the appropriate extension will help the system figure out what to open them as.
Do the files have any extensions now? If iTunes can't open them they may be in an old format, such as a System 7 sound. In that case, you might give PlaySound a try.
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