# Command not found in shell of VS Code Julia REPL

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/command-not-found-in-shell-of-vs-code-julia-repl/67933>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/command-not-found-in-shell-of-vs-code-julia-repl/67933 "2021-09-09T13:26:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![altre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/altre/32/17036_2.png) [@altre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/altre)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/command-not-found-in-shell-of-vs-code-julia-repl/67933/1 "2021-09-09T13:26:04Z")

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When I start the Julia REPL in VS Code no commands in the shell prompt work:

```julia
shell> ls
zsh:1: command not found: ls

```

When doing the same in julia started from my terminal, everything works fine.  
I think I’ve messed up my setup somewhere, but I can’t find the problem. Maybe somebody here has an idea that could help?

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/command-not-found-in-shell-of-vs-code-julia-repl/67933/2 "2021-09-09T13:28:56Z")

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Anything weird in your startup.jl or your .{z|ba}shrc? Does the same problem happen when you start VSCode from your shell (if you’re not doing that already)?