in Mac Terminal I receive: '{PATH}:/tools': not valid identifier

[ilivenicely]

Today I tried to run an ifconfig in my terminal and encountered this problem :

Last login: Fri Apr 21 14:10:52 on ttys000
-bash: export: `{PATH}:/tools': not a valid identifier
-bash: touch: command not found
bogon:~ robertmccormick$ ifconfig
-bash: ifconfig: command not found
I've tried https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/bash-command-not-found-for-almost-anything.1072580/ and https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/help-terminal-wont-run-jar-file.1067170/

when I entered :

/bin/cat ~/.bashrc
I get

export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/DevDesktop/drush"

 

[Draeconis]

Not really the right place to post this, but it sounds like you might want to look at your user account.

Try running echo $HOME.

 

[tomvos]

Bash looks at more than one startup file. Depending on whether you start your bash interactive or non-interactive the relevant startup files change. So, it might be a good idea to check

/etc/profile
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile

as well as

/etc/bashrc
~/.bashrc

Perhaps one of these files will lead to the corrupt EXPORT command. Good luck.