hist: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/hist - from package: loki

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
hist: bevel nie gevind nie
hist: comandă negăsită
hist: comando não encontrado
hist: commande introuvable
hist: command not found
hist: käsku ei ole
hist: không tìm thấy lệnh
hist: komanda nerasta
hist: Kommando nicht gefunden.
hist: kommandot finns inte
hist: komut yok
hist: nie znaleziono polecenia
hist: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
hist: no se encontró la orden
hist: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
hist: opdracht niet gevonden
hist: parancs nem található
hist: perintah tidak ditemukan
hist: príkaz nenájdený
hist: příkaz nenalezen
hist: команда не найдена
hist: командата не е открита
hist: 命令找不到
hist: コマンドが見つかりません