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When I try
echo test > /User/user/Desktop/test.txt
I just get the result:
zsh: no such file or directory: /User/user/Desktop/test.txt
Expected result is a text file on the Desktop containing the text "text".
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.7
It looks like this could be user error:
echo test > /User/user/Desktop/test.txt
should instead be
echo test > /Users/user/Desktop/test.txt
where of course "user" should be replaced by the actual username (matching the name of the account home folder).
Alternatively, the same could be achieved, more easily, like this:
echo test > ~/Desktop/test.txt
because the tilde character is a standard Unix shortcut for the user home folder.
You need to give the Terminal app access to the Desktop in the Files & Folders section of the Privacy & Security System Settings. The same also goes for the Documents & Downloads folders if you plan on accessing them. Most times macOS will prompt you to give permission for the Terminal, but sometimes it may not.
My PATH variable is not broken! Anyway the echo command itself is working, but the issue seams to be the redirection. On my system the Terminal.app was granted full access, but the Terminal.app seams not to be allowed to write to the desktop.
Sure user is just a placeholder for my actual username, that is not secret, but I wanted to stay general.
In fact:
echo test > ~/Test.txt
is working ok, but then I need the finder to transfer the file!
Is your PATH damaged?
echo $PATH
I know zip about UNIX but shouldn't the lower case "user" be replaced by your user name?
Use:
echo test > /Users/user/Desktop/text.txt
or:
echo test > ~/Desktop/test.txt
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Can't get standard unix commands working
