Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:39:41 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Bruce A Locke <praxis_beta AT juno DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Newbie question: BASH as a shell?
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On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Bruce A Locke wrote:

> But when I try "ls" BASH says:
> 
> ls: command not found

`ls' is not a built-in command of `bash'.  If you don't have `ls.exe' 
somwehere along your PATH, you should indeed get the above response.  I 
suggest you download the DJGPP port of GNU Fileutils (v2gnu/fil313b.zip 
from the same place you get DJGPP) and install them.

> Is BASH meant to be used like a replacement for command.com or is it just
> like a batch file facility?

Both.