[mr.dan.watson]

Problem: Everytime I open Terminal, Terminal keeps executing a bash script I have written a few days ago. I try "New Shell & New Command" but still, Terminal keeps executing the bash script. I can not get a clean terminal where I can enter commands in.

How do I reset Terminal or stop this script from executing upon opening Terminal? I tried Apple technical support but my support ran out.

I know the script is not the problem because I've been using it for some days now with no problems. The only thing I can think of that might be causing this problem is, in Terminal, I clicked Terminal in the menu bar then Window Settings. This brings up a window with a header called terminal inspector. I choose the drop down menu and clicked "Window" from there, I changed the dimensions from 80 20 to 80 40 then clicked "Use Settings as Defaults". I believe I had the script running when I clicked "Use Settings as Defaults" so this may be the cause of the problem I am having.

Any thoughts, I would really like to get back to learning about Terminal.

[Hal Itosis]

Originally Posted by mr.dan.watson 

Problem: Everytime I open Terminal, Terminal keeps executing a bash script I have written a few days ago.

How do I reset Terminal or stop this script from executing upon opening Terminal?

The command probably got saved into the prefs file.
If you read it, the "ExecutionString" should be blank:

defaults read com.apple.Terminal | grep ExecutionString
ExecutionString = "";

If it's not blank, I believe the fix should be as simple as:

defaults write com.apple.Terminal ExecutionString ""

Or -- in the GUI -- do a Save As... and clear out the string under "Execute this ..."
and select the radio button for "Execute the default..."

Else, just trash ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist and start over.

[mr.dan.watson]

"Else, just trash ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist and start over."

Everything works perfectly now. Now I can get back to learning more terminal. Thank You