bash: ping: command not found

Asked Oct 01 '15 at 14:32

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My shell can't find ping.

$ ping
-bash: ping: command not found
$ uname -r
14.5.0
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/Users/alex/.cabal/bin
$ which ping
$

However, man ping works and displays the manual page for ping.

Is it named something different on OSX? Or is there an alternative I should use?

edited Oct 01 '15 at 14:40

bmike

asked Oct 01 '15 at 14:32

Alex Shroyer

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You are missing `/sbin` in your PATH variable. – fd0 Oct 01 '15 at 14:37
If you run `/usr/libexec/path_helper` does the path change? (and is ping found) – bmike Oct 01 '15 at 14:37
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I'm going to point this to a canonical "my path variable is messed up" and if you don't find a solution there, let's edit the body of the question to explain which answer was rejected and get some more detail... – bmike Oct 01 '15 at 14:39
@bmike yep, that helped, as did fd0's suggstions about `/sbin`. Shall I delete the question? – Alex Shroyer Oct 01 '15 at 15:55
@hoosierEE No - we actually love "closed questions" since someone searching google might use your words as opposed to the words on the duplicate. Also - if you find an edge case, it's better to reopen this after an edit is made to the post. – bmike Oct 01 '15 at 15:59

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