Password reset not recognised as a command prompt

I am trying reset my password via the terminal command prompt.  For some reason it keeps saying
Ellys-MacBook-Air:~ ---------$ resetpassword
-bash: resetpassword: command not found
Any suggestions ?
Thanks

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