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On 21/09/2012 08:53, Csaba Raduly wrote:

> ls.exe is in the coreutils package. Try reinstalling that.
>
> Out of curiosity, what is the output of
>
> file /usr/bin/ls
>
> Csaba
>

Thx for the replies.  I ended up reinstalling the entire installation 
because I'd managed to fill up the top-level directory with tons of 
files (and directories) due to an error in a bash script, which may have 
had something to do with it.

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