Opening Terminal shows a list of ttys - unable to use Having the latest Mavericks installed, I tried to update PATH using nano and creating a .bash_profile file. I'm not sure what happened, but now when trying to run Terminal all that shows is a list of ttys000 messages followed by a wtmp begins message.

And finally says:

-bash:&lt;computername&gt;:~: command not found

[Process completed]


I've downloaded a program to find hidden files but there's no sign of the .bash_profile file.

Any ideas how to rescue the Terminal program?
You can run Bash with all startup scripts disabled to get around problems with startup scripts: choose Shell > New Command and run bash --noprofile.

See the Bash man page for more information about the Bash command-line options and startup files: x-man-page://1/bash

Also note that you can lookup and view man pages in Terminal even when your shell isn't working, by clicking on the Help menu and entering a topic in the search field. Terminal will display matching man pages. Choose one from the Help menu to view it in a new window. You can also open an x-man-page: scheme URL from any application.