finding things in unix

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/23/2010 5:36 PM, Dennis Malen wrote:
> That is correct. The file is not an executable. So that explains the
> difference. Thanks!

Try:

     PATH=%PATH:/tmp
     type rabpay042210.xls

>
> Dennis Malen
> 516.479.5912
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Chasan"<joe at magnatechonline.com>
> To:<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: finding things in unix
>
>
>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 03:56:45PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>>> On 4/23/2010 3:49 PM, Dennis Malen wrote:
>>>> cd /
>>>> type rabpay042210.xls
>>>>
>>>> Not found.
>>>>
>>>> It resides in /tmp.
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> I bet /tmp is not in $PATH.
>>
>> or that rabpay042210.xls is not executable since 'type' looks for actual
>> commands.
>>
>> you need to see $PATH and permissions of rabpay042210.xls to answer
>> that.

-- 
Kenneth Brody