cannot execute binary file

[Csaba Raduly]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:07 AM, RobF  wrote:
> Seemingly spontaneously, my ls command has stopped working.
>
> $ ls
> -bash: /usr/bin/ls: cannot execute binary file
>
> I tried reinstalling bash and that didn't help.  Any suggestions?

ls.exe is in the coreutils package. Try reinstalling that.

Out of curiosity, what is the output of

file /usr/bin/ls

Csaba
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