Troubleshoot - Terminal Gone!

terminal_flicker.md

Issue I had was terminal flashing and disappearing after removing Zsh while Terminal app was still running

Solution

• Before removing shell, I should have switched to bash using chsh -s /bin/bashsince I can't uninstall zsh as I was using zsh!

  • It should have been chsh -s /bin/bash
  • to swich back to bash temporarily
  • then uninstall / reinstall zsh
  • then chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh to switch back to zsh

• Since I didn't switch to bash first....

  • run terminal app
  • go to Preferences (top left menu)
  • select Shells open with Command (complete path)
  • change path to /bin/bash
  • open terminal
  • run chsh -s /bin/bash
  • install zsh brew install zsh (check the correct command)
  • then chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh to switch back to zsh
  • Check if terminal is back to zsh echo ${SHELL}
  • if it returns something like this /usr/local/bin/zsh, it's all good.
  • go to Terminal reference and check shell opens with to Default Then..... see if all is working