Re: Time delay on command not found

[Bob Proulx]

Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> when I typo a command, bash comes back with a command not found but
> hangs the terminal for way too long.

When you try to launch a command that does not exist anywhere on PATH
then bash must search every directory component of PATH in order to
look for the command.

> How do I get rid of the delay. I want it to release the terminal
> immediately.

Does your PATH contain directories on NFS or other networked
fileservers?  If so then those are typical sources of delay.

To easily see your directories in PATH:

  echo $PATH | tr : "\012"

Bob