OS X Catalina: update_terminal_cwd:11: unrecognized modifier `i'

Question

In .zshrc be sure to have

# .zshrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/zshrc ]; then
    . /etc/zshrc
fi

instead of

# .bashrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
    . /etc/bashrc
fi

In order to avoid

/etc/bashrc:8: command not found: shopt
/etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal:172: parse error near `;'
update_terminal_cwd:11: unrecognized modifier `i' 

annoying message. I still don't understand why it involves an unrecognized modifier `i'. From where the error really comes from? Thanx.

Answer 1

You should not have either of those statements in your .zshrc file. 😮

/etc/zshrc will get sourced automatically by Zsh before sourcing .zshrc.

And in Zsh, you should never source any files that have the word bash in their name. Those are meant to be sourced in Bash, not Zsh.