[ILUG] Commands have stopped working

[raoul duke]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 01:24:36PM -0000, Darragh wrote:
> echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin' > .bashrc
> >
> Ok, I've got slightly further now.  I edited the .bashrc file with the right
> path and that has solved most of it.  However the command startx doesn't
> work.  I expect that's just a matter of finding where that command is and
> adding it to the path, however I'm getting a few lines of errors when I log
> in which may help to diagnose what's causing this.
> 
> -bash: id: command not found
> -bash: id: command not found
> -bash: id: command not found
> -bash: [: too many arguements
> -bash: put: command not found
> -bash: put: command not found
> -bash: wc: command not found
> -bash: [: : integer expression expected
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

type
. ~/.bashrc 
and see if you get those error messages.
post your ~/.bashrc file 

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