Re: kitty error w bash -bash: declare: -A: invalid option

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 3:53 PM Dennis Williamson
<dennistwilliamson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 8:01 PM <write2mark1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > for the past few weeks this error has been showing up everytime i open
> > kitty ; do you see such errors if so is there a bash fix for this as bash
> > seems to be throwing said error thanks
> >
> > > -bash: declare: -A: invalid option
> > > declare: usage: declare [-afFirtx] [-p] [name[=value] ...]
> > > -bash: PROMPT_COMMAND: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> > > -bash: PROMPT_COMMAND: line 0: `find_git_branch; find_git_dirty; ;
> > > _ksi_prompt_command'
> >
> Do you get this same error if you open another terminal emulator (e.g.
> Terminal.app on MacOS)? If so, the problem is in your startup script (e.g.
> ~/.bashrc) or a script that it calls which may have /bin/bash hard coded in
> its shebang rather than being a problem in kitty.
>
> In any case, the wrong, old version of Bash is being used. You need to make
> sure that your updated Bash (or a symlink to it) is in a directory that
> appears earlier in your PATH than /bin (where MacOS has an old version of
> Bash that can't be easily directly replaced).

    $ grep -IR '/usr/bin' ./* | grep -v env

May be helpful to locate the offending script.