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illegal option on macOS (date -d, readlink -f, grep -P) macOS: date: illegal option -- d / readlink: illegal option -- f / grep: invalid option -- P

macOS · layer 6, Platform & cloud

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illegal option on macOS (date -d, readlink -f, grep -P) — macOS: date: illegal option -- d / readlink: illegal option -- f / grep: invalid option -- P (macOS)illegal opt…zsh: command not found: brew — macOS: zsh: command not found: brew (Homebrew not on PATH on Apple Silicon) (macOS)zsh: command not fo…command not found — bash: command not found (Linux)command not foundHomebrew: No available formula with the name — Homebrew: Error: No available formula with the name "x". Did you mean ...? (macOS)Homebrew: No availa…Your Command Line Tools are too outdated — Homebrew: Error: Your Command Line Tools (CLT) are too outdated. Update them from Software Update / Please update to the latest macOS (macOS)Your Command Line T…Homebrew Cask: It seems there is already an App at — Homebrew: Error: It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/Chrome.app' (macOS)Homebrew Cask: It s…zsh: bad CPU type in executable — macOS (Apple Silicon): zsh: bad CPU type in executable: ./tool (macOS)zsh: bad CPU type i…sed: 1: invalid command code (BSD sed) — macOS: sed: 1: "file.txt": invalid command code f / extra characters at the end of p command (macOS)sed: 1: invalid com…executable file not found in $PATH — OCI runtime create failed: exec: "x": executable file not found in $PATH (Docker)executable file not…Argument list too long — bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long (Linux)Argument list too l…invalid active developer path — xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun (iOS)invalid active deve…not a git repository — fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git (Git)not a git repositoryENOENT — Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory (Node.js)ENOENTEACCES — Linux: Permission denied (Linux)EACCESHomebrew: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir — Homebrew: Error: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /usr/local/Cellar / /opt/homebrew is not writable (macOS)Homebrew: Permissio…Homebrew: Failed to update / fatal: unable to access — Homebrew: Error: Failure while executing; `git fetch --force origin` exited with 128 / fatal: not in a git directory (macOS)Homebrew: Failed to…zsh compinit: insecure directories — zsh: compinit: insecure directories, run compaudit for list. Ignore insecure directories and continue [y] or abort compinit [n]? (macOS)zsh compinit: insec…No Xcode or CLT — gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected! (npm)No Xcode or CLTYou have not agreed to the Xcode license agreements — macOS: Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please run "sudo xcodebuild -license" and then retry this command (macOS)You have not agreed…xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode — macOS: xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance (macOS)xcode-select: error…Apple could not verify "x" is free of malware — macOS: “app” cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software / Apple could not verify “app” is free of malware that may harm your Mac (macOS)Apple could not ver…"x" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer — macOS: “app” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer (macOS)"x" can't be opened…zsh: no matches found — zsh: no matches found: package[extra] (glob pattern not matched) (macOS)zsh: no matches fou…exec format error — exec /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error (Docker)exec format errormach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture — macOS: dlopen: mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64') (macOS)mach-o file, but is…dyld: Library not loaded — macOS: dyld[123]: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib/libssl.1.1.dylib — Reason: tried: ... (no such file) (macOS)dyld: Library not l…

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executable file not found in $PATHDocker

OCI runtime create failed: exec: "x": executable file not found in $PATH

The command you asked the container to run doesn’t exist inside the image — wrong command name, a shell that isn’t installed (bas…

Argument list too longLinux

bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long

A glob like * expanded to more file names than the kernel allows in one command (ARG_MAX), so the command never ran.

invalid active developer pathiOS

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun

The Xcode Command Line Tools are missing or broken — typical right after a macOS update.

not a git repositoryGit

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

You ran a Git command outside a Git working tree.

ENOENTNode.js

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory

A file or directory the program tried to open doesn’t exist at that path.

EACCESLinux

Linux: Permission denied

Your user (or the service user) lacks read/write/execute permission on a file, directory or one of its parents.

Homebrew: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdirmacOS

Homebrew: Error: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /usr/local/Cellar / /opt/homebrew is not writable

Homebrew can't write to its prefix because the folders are owned by another user or root.

Homebrew: Failed to update / fatal: unable to accessmacOS

Homebrew: Error: Failure while executing; `git fetch --force origin` exited with 128 / fatal: not in a git directory

`brew update` couldn't fetch the Homebrew repositories — network, a broken git state or safe.directory problems.

zsh compinit: insecure directoriesmacOS

zsh: compinit: insecure directories, run compaudit for list. Ignore insecure directories and continue [y] or abort compinit [n]?

zsh refuses to load completions from directories owned by another user or writable by others.

No Xcode or CLTnpm

gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!

node-gyp on macOS can’t find the Xcode Command Line Tools to compile native modules.

You have not agreed to the Xcode license agreementsmacOS

macOS: Agreeing to the Xcode/iOS license requires admin privileges, please run "sudo xcodebuild -license" and then retry this command

A new Xcode (or CLT) version needs its license accepted before command-line tools run.

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires XcodemacOS

macOS: xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

A command needs the full Xcode app, but `xcode-select` points to the Command Line Tools only.

Apple could not verify "x" is free of malwaremacOS

macOS: “app” cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software / Apple could not verify “app” is free of malware that may harm your Mac

Gatekeeper blocked an app that is not notarized by Apple.

"x" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developermacOS

macOS: “app” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer

Gatekeeper refuses to open an app that isn't signed with a registered Developer ID.

zsh: no matches foundmacOS

zsh: no matches found: package[extra] (glob pattern not matched)

zsh treats `[ ]`, `*` or `?` in an argument as a glob and fails when nothing matches, unlike bash which passes the text through.

exec format errorDocker

exec /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error

The container tried to run a binary built for a different CPU architecture (arm64 vs amd64) — or a script with a broken shebang /…

mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecturemacOS

macOS: dlopen: mach-o file, but is an incompatible architecture (have 'x86_64', need 'arm64')

A library or binary was built for a different CPU architecture than the process loading it.

dyld: Library not loadedmacOS

macOS: dyld[123]: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib/libssl.1.1.dylib — Reason: tried: ... (no such file)

A program needs a dynamic library that is missing or was moved/removed (often after a Homebrew upgrade).