Resolving bash shell issues

You're unlikely to get a direct answer since there are so many possible causes for this kind of problem, and you haven't given enough detail as to what does and does not work.

For what it's worth, VSC doesn't list bash as one of its supported languages, so it isn't clear whether you're using the right tool.

Additionally, even if you can write bash scripts in VSC, bash is almost infinitely configurable, so some of the problems may be related to your bash setup, of which we are completely unaware.

Often, many shell scripts often depend on environment variables such as $PATH (used to help the script find executables). If that's not set then you would have trouble executing commands unless you're using full paths to the executable itself (e.g. /usr/bin/mdfind rather than just mdfind). Given that $PATH accounts for a large number of shell scripting issues, I'm guessing this is related to your problem, but without more details of your setup and environment, it's impossible to tell.

JohnCTX wrote:

I must get some help as soon as possible. So far, I have not gotten any help from any user, and I am thinking about going to download and use another integrated developer environment or IDE app or framework, such as Eclipse, or NetBeans just to program this in any language.

Unless I get some answers from any user on this forum, that's what I'm gonna do.

That sounds like a good plan. For developing on Apple platforms, I strongly recommend Apple Xcode. Make sure to download it directly from the Developer site. Don't use the App Store - long story.

Did you also install Homebrew? That screws up your PATH such that nothing can be found.

You may need Xcode Command Line Tools installed for full functionality. I install those by default for all developers in my environment.