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Old 06-13-2010
Always getting command not found

I'm using Terminal in MAC OS X, and new to this.

I don't know what happened to the path. I always get "command not found".

For example, this is some of what I get:

-bash: ls: command not found

-bash: touch: command not found

What should I do to return the terminal to normal?

Thanks.

---------- Post updated at 09:47 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:21 AM ----------

I got it solved using this command:

export PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"

The source I found the solution from was: Unix FAQ (for OS X)

Last edited by vbe; 06-14-2010 at 05:05 AM.. Reason: spelling...
 

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COMMAND-NOT-FOUND(1)					    http://en.opensuse.org/Sco					      COMMAND-NOT-FOUND(1)

NAME
command-not-found - A command-not-found handler SYNOPSIS
command-not-found {binary_name} {repository} ARGUMENTS
The following arguments are required: binary_name The name of binary you are looking for. repository The name of repository for search. For most cases, use zypp DESCRIPTION
command-not-found handler is designed to tell users which package contains a missing command. The handler is integrated to bash(1) and zsh(1) shells and is not necessary to call it directly. Just type a name of the command in your favourite shell and you'll get a result. If you consider c-n-f handler useless, just add unset command_not_found_handle to your profile or remove the command-not-found package. Handler doesn't call the command-not-found binary directly, it only prints info about it. If you want to invoke it automatically, just add export COMMAND_NOT_FOUND_AUTO=1 to your bash profile. EXAMPLE
: NORMAL USAGE For example you want to try blender, because you have heard that is an amazing program. So just type blender in shell: $ blender You get the following output: The program 'blender' can be found in the following package: * blender [ path: /usr/bin/blender, repository: zypp (openSUSE 11.1-0) ] Try installing with: sudo zypper install blender bash: blender: command not found SEE ALSO
scout(1) AUTHOR
Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk> Developer http://gitorious.org/opensus 08/07/2009 COMMAND-NOT-FOUND(1)
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