Running a command that is installed on my system fails with "command not found"

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Issue

After running a command (sosreport) that is installed on my system, I get the following error:

# sosreport
-bash: sosreport: command not found

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • bash shell

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