zsh: killed

Try using the Finder to rename the file.

All files starting with a period are hidden, but you can toggle that in the Finder by pressing Command-Shift-period

The hidden files will then be shown in a greyish tone.

Diana,

I use just two Zsh shell related files in my $HOME directory, and that content in your .profile is unnecessary:

1. ~/.zshrc
2. ~/.zshenv

I put Zsh shell functions in the ~/.zshenv file.

The assumption is that you have already run the following command in the Terminal to formally switch to the Zsh shell:

/usr/bin/chsh -s /bin/zsh

and you have not edited your current Terminal Profile Shell tab, leaving Run command blank.

If Apple provides Zsh 5.9 as the standard shell in macOS, why is your .profile referencing eval Zsh shellenv content in homebrew? Unnecessary and potentially the assassin of your Zsh shell.

Since your .zshrc is empty, you will need at minimum a revisable PATH and PS1 set. The following is a HERE document that creates a ~/.zshrc file with both of those environment variables set. Just copy and paste the following into your Terminal and then press return afterward. I have adjusted the PATH to reference the installed home brew binaries on Apple Silicon hardware. That leading dot means your current directory.

<<"EOF" > ~/.zshrc
export PATH=".:opt/homebrew/bin:${PATH}"
PS1="%m: %~ %% "
EOF

One you have run this HERE document, do the following in your Terminal:

source ~/.zshrc

to make those PATH and PS1 changes effective in the current Terminal session. In practice, I do not attempt to run any commands from within the tilde dot files (e.g. your mkdir command).

Can't help with MongoDB.

Really? I'm very surprised by that.

I just went to my home folder, pressed Command-Shift-period, selected one of these files; pressed enter, renamed it, and pressed enter again.

You could try running a different shell, like bash, and renaming the file then.

You may change the shell in the Terminal settings, but it is better to just create a new "profile" that runs bash and keep zsh as the default.

I just duplicated the "Basic" profile, and changed the shell to be used in the new profile:

then Shell->New Window->Basic-bash

Since bash is the shell, no files like .zprofile, etc, will be read.

You could try temporarily rename th ~/.zprofile, quit and restart Terminal, open a new window and see if the problem persists. If it does, you can put the file back.

Try eg.

mv ~/.zproflie ~/.zprofile-disabled

Diana_Sereda wrote:

eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

Every.

Single.

Time.

You will have to figure out how to uninstall that infernal Homebrew software.

Then, once your command line environment is functional again, assuming it ever is, you can install some other database product. Normally in these cases I check the web site for the product and it has a normal installation method. It looks like Mongo itself is recommending Homebrew for its "Community Edition". I guess they want to drive more traffic to their paid versions.

Something that you installed is running from one of the files that zsh reads when it starts.

It may be ~/.zshrc

or some others. What is in this file ?

Try also:

~/.zprofile
~/.zlogin

You know Luis, I never place the name of the Shell in the Terminal profile's Run command field and regardless of Bash or Zsh, my shells work just fine without that entry.

And installing mongodb via brew is a land fill of other recursive brew dependencies… that will forever change that dependency tree. A true mess…