Shell cmds not working

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Apr 27, 2025 by gitmeatarru Closed Aug 7, 2025

What version of Codex is running?

0.1.2504251709

Which model were you using?

gpt-4.1-nano

What platform is your computer?

windows 11 x64

What steps can reproduce the bug?

in this directory i have file hello.html with some code and i just ask codex explain how it works and get this:

user
explain this codebase to me

    command

    $ rg --json def

    command.stdout (code: 1, duration: 0s)

    Error: spawn rg ENOENT

    command

    $ find . -name \*.py

    command.stdout (code: 2, duration: 0s)

    �� ������ ����: *.py


    command

    $ ls -la

    command.stdout (code: 1, duration: 0s)

    Error: spawn dir ENOENT

    command

    $ ls -la

    command.stdout (code: 1, duration: 0s)

    Error: spawn dir ENOENT

    command

    $ ls -la

    command.stdout (code: 1, duration: 0s)

    Error: spawn dir ENOENT

    codex
    It appears that commands to list or search files in the workspace are not working properly.
     Could you please confirm if you have uploaded or cloned the codebase here? Or if you      
    provide me with some files or folder names, I can try to analyze them to explain the       
    codebase to you.
user
hello.html

    command

    $ head -40 hello.html

    command.stdout (code: 1, duration: 0s)

    Error: spawn head ENOENT

    codex
    It seems basic shell commands are not working properly here. Could you please upload or    
    paste the content of the file hello.html so I can analyze it and explain the codebase to   
    you?

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

What do you see instead?

_No response_

Additional information

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