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Terminal Input

My terminal misbehaves. Sometimes when I try to delete a character in command line, some other character gets deleted. When I write a character in terminal sometimes it overwrites other characters(which is just beside) and the command I see is not what it runs (some small characters differ which I have changed recently). Anyway to reinstall the terminal??

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 9:50 PM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2020 11:39 PM

Hi Gowtham7! Not sure if it’s having a tech issue or not, but know some changes came with Catalina, maybe this can help:


Use zsh as the default shell on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208050


Otherwise if the same happens in another user and safe boot, I might Reinstall the OS (Which includes Terminal).


Reinstall Mac OS from Recovery:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904


Hope it works out!

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Oct 7, 2020 11:39 PM in response to gowtham7

Hi Gowtham7! Not sure if it’s having a tech issue or not, but know some changes came with Catalina, maybe this can help:


Use zsh as the default shell on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208050


Otherwise if the same happens in another user and safe boot, I might Reinstall the OS (Which includes Terminal).


Reinstall Mac OS from Recovery:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904


Hope it works out!

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