How do I fix "cd:1: = not found" in zsh?

The cd command has a different syntax. It is probably trying to autocorrect and looking for directory "1"

You don't even strictly need cd any more

Its not the same language in a different container.

Google for a zsh primer, or something like

https://www.fosslinux.com/24099/taking-command-line-power-users-zsh-for-a-spin-no-shell-game-here.htm

glsp wrote:

There was just something screwed up in the configuration. cd continued to work in bash, but not zsh. I have resolved the issue. *eyeroll*

Any details on what was messed up, for the next person that might trip over this?

“Ah, never mind, I found the answer! {disappears}” isn’t a fun search result to find...

Here are some zsh functions that allow you to 1) return the path of the original file or folder given the respective Finder alias on the command line, and 2) a cd function that changes directory into the original, given the alias.

In your ~/.zshenv file:

a2o () {
    # Return original file path given Finder alias
    # Finder alias must be specified as filename.ext\ alias
    f="$1"
    osascript <<-EOF
    use scripting additions

    try
        tell application "Finder"
            set p to "$f" as POSIX file as alias
            return POSIX path of ((p's original item) as text)
        end tell
    on error errmsg number errnbr
        if errnbr = -1700 then
            log "Original file or folder" & return
        end if
    end try
    return
EOF
}

acd () {
# change directory to original folder from Finder folder alias
# Finder alias must be specified as filename.ext\ alias, "filename.ext alias"
orig=$(a2o "$1")
# print ${orig}
[[ -d ${orig} ]] && cd ${orig}
}

This file is read when you first login to a zsh shell, and automatically makes the functions available to the command-line. In the following, I made a Finder alias to the apple.pdf document and stuffed the alias into a Test folder, or made an alias to a Desktop Test folder:

a2o ~/Desktop/Test/apple.pdf\ alias
/Users/$USERNAME/Desktop/apple.pdf

a2o ~/Desktop/apple.pdf
Original file or folder

acd ~/Desktop/Test\ alias
odin3: ~/Desktop/Test %

cd
acd ~/Desktop/Test
Original file or folder
odin3: ~ %



See:

https://scriptingosx.com/2019/06/moving-to-zsh-part-3-shell-options/

That series is a good overview...

One example of an alias, make changes in your ~/.zshrc

alias history="history 0"

Untested: https://superuser.com/questions/253984/mac-terminal-cd-to-a-folder-alias/254005#254005