bash.bashrc profile file editing problem

[mam2008]

Hello all,
Iam suing ubuntu 7.04 desktop on my laptop.I was installing the perl program then decided to set the path by editing the bash.bashrc profile file.After setting the path,then I got the following message when i started the terminal commmand:
bash: lesspipe: command not found
bash: The: command not found
bash: sudo: command not found
bash: dircolors: command not found
bash: The: command not found
bash: sudo: command not found
bash: uname: command not found
bash: uname: command not found
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: sed: command not found
bash: complete: is: no completion specification
bash: complete: currently: no completion specification
bash: complete: not: no completion specification
bash: complete: installed.: no completion specification
bash: complete: You: no completion specification
bash: complete: can: no completion specification
bash: complete: install: no completion specification
bash: complete: it: no completion specification
bash: complete: by: no completion specification
bash: complete: typing:: no completion specification
bash: complete: apt-get: no completion specification
bash: complete: install: no completion specification
bash: complete: sed: no completion specification

I'm not in the root account,so I cannt edit it.How can I edit it again or delete the added lines in bash.bashrc file?.
Thank you in advance for your help.
mam

[tangibleorange]

Hello all,
Iam suing ubuntu 7.04 desktop on my laptop.I was installing the perl program then decided to set the path by editing the bash.bashrc profile file.After setting the path,then I got the following message when i started the terminal commmand:
bash: lesspipe: command not found
bash: The: command not found
bash: sudo: command not found
bash: dircolors: command not found
bash: The: command not found
bash: sudo: command not found
bash: uname: command not found
bash: uname: command not found
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: sed: command not found
bash: complete: is: no completion specification
bash: complete: currently: no completion specification
bash: complete: not: no completion specification
bash: complete: installed.: no completion specification
bash: complete: You: no completion specification
bash: complete: can: no completion specification
bash: complete: install: no completion specification
bash: complete: it: no completion specification
bash: complete: by: no completion specification
bash: complete: typing:: no completion specification
bash: complete: apt-get: no completion specification
bash: complete: install: no completion specification
bash: complete: sed: no completion specification

I'm not in the root account,so I cannt edit it.How can I edit it again or delete the added lines in bash.bashrc file?.
Thank you in advance for your help.
mam

well i don't know what you've done to your bashrc file but to edit it with root rights you can run this command:

sudo nano ~/.bashrc

if however bash is so borked on your profile that you can't run the command without loads of errors you will need to boot into recovery mode (an option after pressing ESC when your computer is loading GRUB at startup). then run the above command.

[mam2008]

tangibleorange,
Thank you for your help,but it still giving error that it cannot find sudo command even in the recovery mode.,changed the session but still getting the same error.How can I enable the root account? Iam confused I dont know what to do,please any idea,appreciated

[MegaJim]

Most likely your path variables have been messed up, you can try asking your terminal

echo $PATH

if it doesnt look like this:

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

you will need to replace them using

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"

FYI to the poster above, i think the op is talking about the bash.bashrc file in /etc/ which requires root permissions to edit, not the user ~.bashrc file, either way he wouldn't need root permissions to edit it.

However, none of that will work as your paths are broken :S ->

If you just want to edit your bash.bashrc (as you are already logged in as root) you can use

nano /etc/bash.bashrc

[jemate18]

Hello all,
Iam suing ubuntu 7.04 desktop on my laptop.I was installing the perl program then decided to set the path by editing the bash.bashrc profile file.After setting the path,then I got the following message when i started the terminal commmand:
bash: lesspipe: command not found
bash: The: command not found
bash: sudo: command not found
bash: dircolors: command not found
bash: The: command not found
bash: sudo: command not found
bash: uname: command not found
bash: uname: command not found
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: [: too many arguments
bash: sed: command not found
bash: complete: is: no completion specification
bash: complete: currently: no completion specification
bash: complete: not: no completion specification
bash: complete: installed.: no completion specification
bash: complete: You: no completion specification
bash: complete: can: no completion specification
bash: complete: install: no completion specification
bash: complete: it: no completion specification
bash: complete: by: no completion specification
bash: complete: typing:: no completion specification
bash: complete: apt-get: no completion specification
bash: complete: install: no completion specification
bash: complete: sed: no completion specification

I'm not in the root account,so I cannt edit it.How can I edit it again or delete the added lines in bash.bashrc file?.
Thank you in advance for your help.
mam

It happened to me 3 times.

Here is what I did to fix it.

Boot from live CD, mount the hardisk volume and
Then edit your bash.bashrc file
save it. then boot from my hard disk
then GOOD! It is fixed.. Easy as that.....

[jemate18]

next time, before editing an important file have a backup first

cp importantfile importantfile-backup

so that when things go wrong, you can easily fix it.

[mam2008]

Megajim and jemate18
Thank you very much for your help! I have used megajim solution and it works.
thank you again
mam

[jemate18]

Megajim and jemate18
Thank you very much for your help! I have used megajim solution and it works.
thank you again
mam

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