How to restore .bash_profile on a mac? None of my unix terminal are working
bash, macos, terminal
Solution
While this is offtopic for stackoverflow, it's also pretty simple to fix:
- Start Terminal.app.
Reset `$PATH`:
$ export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
Fix `~/.bash_profile`:
$ vi ~/.bash_profile
Or you can avoid setting `$PATH` at all with:
$ /usr/bin/vi ~/.bash_profile
Problem
I added something to my bash_profile while trying to add Playframework to my path and something got messed up badly. I added the following line to my .bash_profile ``` export PATH=$PATH:the path to my play excitable ``` then I saved everything and restarted my terminal. I can no longer do anything from my terminal. I can't cd into any directory, I can no longer find java, I can't open vi or nano. I found this thread on SuperUser that suggested opening a different terminal and changing the bash profile. I tried opening bash by typing ``` /bin/bash ``` and I was successfully able to open another terminal but I still don't have access to any of the regular unix commands. I still wasn't able to open vi or nano to remove the line that is causing the problem. I tried downloading a new terminal application without any luck. I tried turning on hidden files so that I can just change the file with a text editor by running the following command: ``` defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE ``` but since my terminal isn't working that didn't work either. How can I fix my computer.