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Terminal repeatedly shows(A: command not found, B: command not found)

Asked by arvind das

I tried to set the PATH in .bashrc in UBUNTU for java. But after I completed writing the path, then saved it and exit, there was a problem in terminal saying "A: command not found , B; command not found and lasts. I can not do anything in the terminal now..oh God plz someone help me.
The above statement (A: command not found ,B:command not found) is printing repeatedly in terminal...:(
Thanks in advance

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

echo $PATH

Thanks

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arvind das (arvindgoku) said : 		#2

No, I can not do anything in terminal. When I open it, it only shows
A:command not found
B:command not found
and so on.........................................
Even I tried to search for the .bashrc file that I opened in vi editor to export the path but I was unable to found it.
Is there any way to restore Terminal?
:(

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok if you boot to root recovery mode, you can run:

cp /home/foo/.bashrc /home/foo/.bashrc_old; cp /root/.bashrc /home/foo/.bashrc; chown foo:foo /home/foo/.bashrc

change foo for your username

E.g.

cp /home/andy/.bashrc /home/andy/.bashrc_old; cp /root/.bashrc /home/andy/.bashrc; chown andy:andy /home/foo/.bashrc

Then reboot by running:

reboot

You should now have some sort of functionality, you can even rename the original bashrc file back in BUT remove the change you made before the mess

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arvind das (arvindgoku) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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arvind das (arvindgoku) said : 		#5

This solution killed my problem. Now, terminal is alive .Thank you for saving it.
Cheers