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Following the instructions here, I have switched the default shell to zsh. But now, the `cd` command is broken. No matter what I enter (e.g., `cd /` or `cd ..`), I get "cd:1: = not found". How do I fix this?
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
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
The cd command has a different syntax.
I can't find anything that suggests that is the case. Even the article you linked to shows examples using the familiar syntax. `cd /` should work. But it does not, currently.
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...
I had installed a custom cd command to follow aliases. Hadn't thought about it in a couple years. Worked in bash, but not in zsh. I had to remove it. Now I'm wondering how to get cd and ls to follow aliases… :)
When I say "follow aliases," I mean following Finder aliases for files and folders. The code I've found for this works in bash, but I haven't found updated examples that work in zsh. But that's a separate question…which I may post if I don't figure it out.
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: ~ %
There was just something screwed up in the configuration. cd continued to work in bash, but not zsh. I have resolved the issue. *eyeroll*
See:
https://scriptingosx.com/2019/06/moving-to-zsh-part-3-shell-options/
That series is a good overview...
I didn't see anything in that series to explain why `cd /` or `cd ~` or `cd ..` do not work. In fact, the article suggests using autocd with `cd ..` as an example.
One example of an alias, make changes in your ~/.zshrc
alias history="history 0"
How do I fix "cd:1: = not found" in zsh?