what does -sh-3.2 mean? and why cant I get into :/ root

HELP what does -sh-3.2 mean and how do I get back to the root dir ???

MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 27, 2014 10:12 AM

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Oct 27, 2014 6:22 PM in response to brianjwolfe

sh-3.2$ is a /bin/sh bourne shell prompt.


So are you talking about a Terminal session, or are you in single user mode?


What account are you logged in as?


What do you expect to see? Something like: computername:~ username$


I think you have a command prompt, so getting to the root directory would be as simple as


cd /


and


pwd


will tell you what directory you are currently in.


But Frank Caggiano is correct, you really do need to give a better description of what you are seeing, where you are seeing it, what you expect, and what it is you are trying to actually do.

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