Terminal Commands

Sparky1976 · 04-09-2022, 03:22 PM

I'm taking lessons through LinkedIn learning and I'm noticing that I don't have some of the files that the exercises want us to work with for example open ~/.bash_profile file does not exist The file /Users/Peters/.bash_profile does not exist. I know I have to change the directory in Term2 preferences to start at root level // however I still dont have .bash can anyone help me please

jailbait · 04-09-2022, 03:59 PM

It looks like you don't have bash installed. Look in your distribution's package manager and see if you have bash installed.

smallpond · 04-09-2022, 04:02 PM

Note that if you just list the files in your home directory with "ls" it won't show up because it's name start with "." To list all files do

Code:

ls -a

The commands to create the file are:

Code:

# First, get to your home directory
cd
# Now create an empty file if it doesn't exist
touch .bash_profile
# Next, look at its contents
cat .bash_profile

Turbocapitalist · 04-09-2022, 05:05 PM

MacOS uses Zsh instead of Bash these days. You can install Bash via HomeBrew but I would recommend instead getting a copy of Linux Mint and doing a full installation instead. Does the tutorial specify any particular distro?