Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:08:54 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Christopher Raven <gurab@lineone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Link to Ports CDROM Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980317090706.12467C-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <01bd510c$4b127480$0300a8c0@admin.cian.net>
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On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Christopher Raven wrote:
[snip]
> I get as far as
>
> for i in *; do (RETURN)
>
> and the console returns the error:-
>
> for: Command not found
> do: Command not found
>
> I have obviously set about this incorrectly but don't know why.
You're using the wrong shell. The command sequence you're using
requires the Bourne shell. Invoke `sh' before typing in your sequence.
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