Re: Command line problem

agou wrote:
I am running the latest stable Debian, and my shell is ksh. On all other
UNIXes I am used to getting a message along the line of "No such file
..." from the shell when I issue an unknown command, whether I use ksh
or bash; on this system it doesn't happen. No message, just a new prompt.

I have tried to find the explanation in man ksh and by searching on the
net, but nothing has turned up. Does any of you guys what is going on here?

I'm not sure if this will help, but I found this:

https://mailman.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-users/2006q3/001293.html


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