Terminal Errors When Using 'defaults'

Question

I am trying to use

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

in my terminal but when I do I get the following error:

-bash: defaults: command not found

Any ideas as to what may be causing this issue and how to resolve it?

Try "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES" If that works, then you have an issue with your default path in the terminal shell. — Kent, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:23
(I just realized that "default path" in the above comment can be confusing, or a particularly cunning pun, depending on your point of view. It was intended to be neither. A less-confusing statement would be: "If that works, then you have an issue with the path variable that is set in your terminal shell") — Kent, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:20

WhoaItsAFactorial · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-16 12:39:06Z

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Turns out my .bash_profile got corrupted. I went in via text edit and modified it to revert it to the default settings and all is well again

answered Jul 16, 2013 at 12:39

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