bash: print: command not found

Question

I've just added a .profile to my bash shell. However, I've noticed the error "-bash: print: commant not found" keeps on appearing even if you are changing to a valid directory. My .profile just contains a few exports.

[rob@mypc:/home/rob]cd apps
-bash: print: command not found
[rob@mypc:/home/rob/apps]cd util
-bash: print: command not found
[rob@mypc:/home/rob/apps/util]


Can anyone point out why this error keeps on showing?

Answer 1

use printf or echo

Answer 2

Check the output of:

echo $PROMPT_COMMAND

it might give some clues, or else you might have cd aliased to something, so check the output of:

alias

Answer 3

Look in your .bash_profile and .bashrc and see if anything is using the print command.

Answer 4

Change the occurence of print in ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, or /etc/profile (system wide) to echo.