shell commands not found

[Ray Strode]

> I need a little help.  I am getting the following message whenever I go to
> the command line:
>
> bash: ID: command not found
> bash: dircolors: command not found
> bash: tty: command not found
> bash: tty: command not found
> bash: dircolors: command not found
>
> What could be causing this?  And, more importantly, how do I fix the
> problem?
is this as root, or as a normal user?  What distribution?
at the prompt type

echo '~/.bash_profile:' > /tmp/foo;cat ~/.bash_profile >> /tmp/foo; echo
'~/.bashrc:' >> /tmp/foo; cat ~/.bashrc >> /tmp/foo; echo '/etc/bashrc:'>>
/tmp/foo; cat /etc/bashrc >> /tmp/foo; echo '/etc/profile:' >> /tmp/foo; cat
/etc/profile >> /tmp/foo

all on one line or on separate lines split at the semicolons.  Then send
/tmp/foo to the list.

--Ray Strode