Try this:
$ which chmod
/bin/chmod
If you get an error like "no chmod in ...", then type:
$ echo $PATH
You should see '/bin' in there somewhere (probably right at the beginning).
If not, go to your ~/.bashrc and edit your path to include /bin.
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 04:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi! I'm trying to learn basic programming and running into trouble.
> When I try (echo "Hello, how are you") I have no problem but some of the
> commands (like chmod u+x hello) do not work. I get an error that says chmod
> no such file or directoy yet when I do a file search chmod is there. I'm
> useing mandrake 7.2.
>
> Any idea's of were I could get some good info on learning how to program
> would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
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