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Re: Command not found with builtins and variables

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On 10/10/18 6:52 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Chet Ramey wrote:
>> bugs@feusi.co wrote:
>>> The thing I noticed is that when setting a variable and then running the
>>> command "time", bash reports "command not found". For example, the
>>> command:
>>>
>>> TEST=1 time ls
>>>
>>> Results in "bash: time: command not found"
> 
> That would work if you installed the GNU time package.

Maybe. Maybe not. It depends on $PATH. It's unlikely that his system
does not already have a `time' command, so if it's not found, it must
not be in $PATH.

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Re: Command not found with builtins and variables Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2018-10-11 10:43 -0400

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