commands not found on zsh [closed]
I am using the z Shell (zsh
) instead of the default bash, and something wrong happen so that all commands that used to work are no longer recognized:
ls
zsh: command not found: ls
open -e .zshrc
zsh: correct 'open' to '_open' [nyae]?
I don't know how to reset zsh
or how to fix this. Here is the content of $PATH
variable:
echo $PATH
/Users/Malloc/bin/Sencha/Cmd/3.1.2.342:/usr/local/bin/mate
I cannot open the .bash_profile
file nor .zshrc
file, seems the only solution is to reset the zsh
. Any ideas?
EDIT:
I even tried to reset zsh
as indicated in this thread, but always got command not found
error:
exec zsh
zsh: command not found: zsh
So what's going on? Why all commands are lost?
It's evident that you've managed to mess up your PATH
variable. (Your current PATH
doesn't contain any location where common utilities are located.)
Try:
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:${PATH}
export PATH
Alternatively, for "resetting" zsh, specify the complete path to the shell:
exec /bin/zsh
or
exec /usr/bin/zsh
In your ~/.zsh config file include the path to your bash path file that contains your aliases. In my case it was including the line "source ~/.bash_profile" inside of ~/.zsh .
Use a good text editor like VS Code and open your
.zshrc
file (should be in your home directory. if you don't see it, be sure to right-click in the file folder when opening and choose option to 'show hidden files').find where it states:
export PATH=a-bunch-of-paths-separated-by-colons:
insert this at the end of the line, before the end-quote:
:$HOME/.local/bin
And it should work for you.
You can test if this will work first by typing this in your terminal first: export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
If the error disappears after you type this into the terminal and your terminal functions normally, the above solution will work. If it doesn't, you'll have to find the folder where your reference error is located (the thing not found), and replace the PATH above with the PATH-TO-THAT-FOLDER.