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When i try to do ls in the terminal, it says command not found.

Before I broke everything, the output of echo $PATH was something like this:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.gem/ruby/2.6.5/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/bin:

I was trying to follow along with some threads but I don't seem to understand what specifically I need to run to change my .zshrc file (this thread said to change PATH variable in .zshrc: commands not found on zsh)

So, I pasted this into the terminal:

echo "export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.gem/ruby/2.6.5/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/bin:" >> ~/.zshrc

And then source ~/.zshrc"

But then i got this response

/Users/gabrijelagavric/.oh-my-zsh/oh-my-zsh.sh:117: command not found: rm
detect-clipboard:33: command not found: uname
/usr/local/opt/chruby/share/chruby/chruby.sh:5: command not found: ls
/Users/gabrijelagavric/.zshrc:export:107: not valid in this context: /Users/gabrijelagavric/.gem/ruby/2.6.5/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/bin:```
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You've added the new $PATH variable as last line (>>) to your .zshrc file. Remove the last line of the file to revert the changes.

If you want to add a path to $PATH in the future, you can use PATH=$PATH:/new/path/appended/to/variable to add something to the variable, without completely replacing it.

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  • Or in `zsh` ,`path+=( /new/path/appended/to/variable )`. Appending to the tied array takes care of all the corner cases involved in handling `:`s correctly. – chepner Mar 29 '22 at 13:30
  • Thank you! So, as of now my output from echo $PATH is /usr/local/var/postgresql@12 – mostlyConfused Mar 29 '22 at 19:49
  • That doesn't seem right, I need to revert it back to ```/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.gem/ruby/2.6.5/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/bin:/Users/gabrijelagavric/.rubies/ruby-2.6.5/bin:``` . Is it safe to use echo to delete the line "/usr/local/var/postgresql@12" and add the stuff I need back in? – mostlyConfused Mar 29 '22 at 19:52
  • oh wait i just opened it via vs code and edited that way(fixed it). thank you for your answer though. – mostlyConfused Mar 29 '22 at 19:57
  • i followed the user1934428 's answer – mostlyConfused Mar 29 '22 at 19:59
  • @mostlyConfused from `man echo`: "echo - display a line of text" you cannot use echo to delete text from any file. – mashuptwice Mar 29 '22 at 22:11
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The way I fixed this was following the answer provided by "user1934428" in their comment (though they didn't actually answer it so I don't know how to specify they resolved it"

Their suggestion was to edit the file in a text editor.

  1. opened vs code
  2. file > open
  3. show hidden files (.zshrc) via cmd+shift+"." (for mac)
  4. made changes
  5. saved

Thank you user1934428, your solution helped. Thank you to Mashuptwice and Chapner as well for answering as well.

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