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Why do basic unix commands such as "ls" not work in "BASH" mode??
I am frustrated!!
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What do you mean by BASH mode? Are you using a BASH shell? If so ls works in BASH just as any other basic command.
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Yes, it's true. When I launch a "bash" shell, none of the major commands work. E.g. when I type "ls" I get an error "Command not found". The same with virtually all other commands except "cd" and "pwd" or "cd ..".

Is it possible that I made some unwanted changes to any of the configuation files? I think Unix hates me....
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What shell are you using now?

Code:
echo $SHELL
will probably tell you
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check your path
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check usr/bin for commands.
check system script (etc/profile) to see if PATH is pointing to usr/bin
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Your PATH is wrong!
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