MacBook Air iOS Lion terminal says -sh-3.2#?

working on MacBook Air using terminal. Command prompt says -sh-3.2# what does this mean?

iPhone X, iOS 11.4

Posted on Jul 9, 2018 5:37 PM

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Posted on Jul 10, 2018 4:14 PM

Hi Tim,


iOS is the operating system used for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Your Mac would be running OS X [Lion].


I wouldn't worry about the -sh-3.2# prompt if you're in Recovery Mode or if you're booted into Single User Mode. It's appeared to me before and Terminal worked perfectly fine. However, if you're booted normally into your Mac, the # symbol may be indicating root privileges. If this is the case, try restarting your Mac and see if the issue persists. If it persists, try reinstalling macOS: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

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Jul 10, 2018 4:14 PM in response to timfrommenifee

Hi Tim,


iOS is the operating system used for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Your Mac would be running OS X [Lion].


I wouldn't worry about the -sh-3.2# prompt if you're in Recovery Mode or if you're booted into Single User Mode. It's appeared to me before and Terminal worked perfectly fine. However, if you're booted normally into your Mac, the # symbol may be indicating root privileges. If this is the case, try restarting your Mac and see if the issue persists. If it persists, try reinstalling macOS: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

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