-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Horst H. von Brand wrote: > Justin Conover <justin.conover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> ["so<TAB>" finds sort, "rpm -qa | sort" doesn't] > > Perhaps the "sort" is mistyped somehow (i.e., you snuck in a correction > into the command name)? Perhaps the sort it is finding is not sort(1), > i.e., /bin/sort (which(1) should answer that, try calling that one > explicitly). Perhaps the PATH is borked? It could be a error message from > the sort program being called (yes, I've seen my share of less than useful > messages in my time). What shell are you using? > > The package containing sort could be broken, try "rpm -Vf /bin/sort". > > Try something like "sort /etc/passwd" or "/bin/sort /etc/passwd", if it > fails, try > > strace sort /etc/passwd 2> /tmp/SOMEPLACESAFE > > or the same with /bin, and look at what it tries to do and where it fails. > That should give some clue on what is going on here. I was wondering if possibly the <tab> expansion of programs uses the update database. if so it will find it until you run updatedb. Do an 'ls /bin/so*' to find out if it is still there. hth Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFwi3a5mBKdb7VQEcRAmzLAJ9K6l337RbbLQq5x7DrN6j0Z+Jr7gCfTH6d UldM9HgEHDcJdiF2Q86tWxQ= =83Vx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list