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I am new to using Terminal but I have noticed when I do open it I am always greeted with an error message (see attached). I have no idea how or when exactly it started showing up but I noticed it fairly recently. It also is there on new Terminal tabs and I can get rid of it by using the "clear" command. Is there a way to get rid of the message or is there something I accidentally broke?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.2
When the shell starts, it reads some initial files with commands.
Currently, the default shell is zsh.
It may read and execute the contents of files such as .zshrc on your home folder.
I don't recommend you messing with these unless you are sure you know what you are doing.
As P. Phillips said, Terminal is unforgiving. By messing up, you can get yourself in a lot of trouble.
At present, all we know is that it tries and fails to execute some command called compdef, in the process of executing something called "complete".
First, make sure you know what shell this is. Type
ps
and tell us what the output is.
When the shell starts, it reads some initial files with commands.
Currently, the default shell is zsh.
It may read and execute the contents of files such as .zshrc on your home folder.
I don't recommend you messing with these unless you are sure you know what you are doing.
As P. Phillips said, Terminal is unforgiving. By messing up, you can get yourself in a lot of trouble.
At present, all we know is that it tries and fails to execute some command called compdef, in the process of executing something called "complete".
First, make sure you know what shell this is. Type
ps
and tell us what the output is.
This external link is safe to view. The Information contained my assist but unless on Knows Exactly what each command does before attempting - Terminal is Unforgiving
Open Terminal Preferences and make sure there is not a command on the general tab or the shell tab of the default profile.
Now, compdef needs to run as it’s the completion definition file. In other words it’s the source file used to complete the path and commands you try to type.
If you can tell us what you’ve modified recently, or installed, we may be able to figure out where the problem exists
Very much agree with previous posting from @Luis Sequeira1.
Terminal is useful in its place and personally only use as last restore and on limited basis.
"complete:13: command not found: compdef" message when launching Terminal
