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Whenever I try to open a new terminal window in iTerm, it closes right away after displaying this:

## exec failed ##
argpath=login error=No such file or directory

Does anyone know what is causing this? Thanks!

Notes

  • The terminal is working fine
  • The default command for new iTerm sessions is set to Login shell
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Not sure why it didn't work with Login shell selected, but I changed it to ⌘ command and invoked bash -l or /bin/bash -l to make it work the same way. Hope this helps anyone else who has the same problem!

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  • In my case, I updated my system, and the update included "command line fixes", after rebooting iTerm didn't work. Changing the preferences as described by CMDabado fixed my problem. I've updated the answer to include a screenshot.
    – OscarRyz
    Feb 24, 2015 at 16:27
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I had the same error, and the cause was that my PATH variable wasn't set correctly (I had meddled with it). Restoring a proper value using setenv fixed the issue. If you have meddled with your launchd path, you must edit it with launchctl.

In a terminal:

launchctl
setenv PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

You may have to add the path to your /etc/launchd.conf file, and restart your computer as well. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-in-os-x for more information.

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    Please guide us how to set the right value.
    – Rob
    Apr 14, 2014 at 9:26
  • Y'a right, here you go!.
    – Martin
    Apr 17, 2014 at 8:18

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