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On 03/10/2010 03:59 AM, Ilya Beylin wrote:
> Thomas, you are right, it is rather an issue with bash:
> when does not see a slash in the command name, it starts path
> searching, and of course finds nothing.
> Looks like a bug.

Not a bug.  If you propose a patch to bash, then I will review and
possibly even incorporate it, but I could care less about this, and will
not spend the effort writing such a patch myself.  Use slashes.

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