Re: xterm cannot find basic commands (grep wc etc)
Re: xterm cannot find basic commands (grep wc etc)
- Subject: Re: xterm cannot find basic commands (grep wc etc)
- From: "Ludvig Ericson" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:10:14 +0100
What are the chances that `find` will be on his path if barely nothing else is?
On 3/11/06, James SterlingIII <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am willing to bet that your path is "limited"
>
> In a terminal window do a echo $PATH <ret>
>
> IF it is very short or nonexistence then you will need to edit your .login
> file.
>
> Mine is /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> If that does not help try searching the complete disk for either grep or wc
> find / -name grep -print <ret>
> or
> find / -name wc -print <ret>
>
> IF that does not help then I am not sure without more information
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Jim Sterling
>
> on 3/10/06 3:42 PM, Don Vawter at email@hidden wrote:
>
> > I just installed X11 on my Macbook and tried to launch Open Office.
> > Received an error message that grep and wc are unknown commands.
> >
> > Went to the xterm window and no commands work except cd ls and cat.
> >
> > What have I done wrong
> >
> > TIA
> >
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