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From: zzapper <david AT tvis DOT co DOT uk>
Subject:  Re: egrep disappeared?
Date:  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:27:45 +0100
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:17:02 +0100,  wrote:


>> 
>> Funny thing "which" finds egrep in /usr/bin /bin etc
>> they are also in my path.
>> 
>> bash: /usr/bin/egrep: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>
>Well, there's your answer - it's /bin/sh which you have missing, not egrep.
>In Cygwin egrep is a shell script rather than a symlink.  I believe there
>was a window during the recent changeover of /bin/sh from ash to bash where
>the update could cause /bin/sh to be deleted.  Just copy /usr/bin/bash to
>/usr/bin/sh and all should be well.
>
>-- Cliff

Cliff,
thnx that solved it!!

Was it most likely just a glitch on my update?
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