Terminal Not Working Correctly

arpowers

Hey Everyone!



I can't get terminal to function correctly on my machine.



Simply, I can use the 'cd' command but common commands like 'ls' aren't working.. ( I get a - Command Not Found - Message)



typing echo $path returns NOTHING...



Whats going on??



THX

Andrew

taskiss

try



/bin/ls



and if that works, you've messed up your /etc/profile somehow.



Oh, and the variable isn't $path, it's $PATH



...case sensitive.



your /etc/profile should contain:

Code:

# System-wide .profile for sh(1)



PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"

export PATH



if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then

[ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc

fi

arpowers

Thanks for the reply! that was very helpful towards figuring out this problem.



Now: typing /bin/ls .. works..



and echo $PATH returns.. /usr/local/mysql/bin (duh!!)



I should mention I'm running a MAMP server off my machine (prototyping purposes) and so since mysql is showing up in my path, did that mess terminal up somehow?



thanks again!! ( I wish I was good enough at Unix to help people )

Marvin

Quote:

Originally Posted by arpowers


and echo $PATH returns.. /usr/local/mysql/bin (duh!!)



I should mention I'm running a MAMP server off my machine (prototyping purposes) and so since mysql is showing up in my path, did that mess terminal up somehow?

It shouldn't have but it's quite possible if one of your terminal scripts reset the path by doing something like:



export PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin"



instead of:



export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin"



Try entering open -e ~/.profile in the terminal to see if the entry is in there.

arpowers

It says "-e command not found"



am I missing something?

Marvin

Quote:

Originally Posted by arpowers


It says "-e command not found"



am I missing something?

Sorry, I meant you type in:



open -e ~/.profile



You may need to use /usr/bin/open instead of open.

arpowers

Thank you for your help Marvin...



I typed:

open -e ~/.profile

and got:

open: command not found...



then I typed:

/usr/bin/open -e ~/.profile

and got:

No such file: /users/andrewpowers/.profile



thanks in advance for any further help guys...

Marvin

Try



/usr/bin/open -e ~/.bashrc



and also what Taskiss said -



/usr/bin/open -e /etc/profile.

arpowers

Thanks again for the help guys but Its still not working correctly...







I've attached a picture of what happens when I run all the suggested codes...

let me know what else would be helpful.



Thanks again...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marvin


Try



/usr/bin/open -e ~/.bashrc



and also what Taskiss said -



/usr/bin/open -e /etc/profile.

arpowers

Hey,

So I had my "unix guru" friend come over and fix this for me...



He found a bug (improperly called $PATH w/out $) in a file that MAMP installed.

I wonder if they've fixed this?



Thanks again..