Re: kitty error w bash -bash: declare: -A: invalid option

[write2mark1]

tried that still gives the error
brew install bash
 brew unlink bash && brew link bash
 chsh -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/bash/5.1.16/bin/bash

opening kitty

-bash: declare: -A: invalid option
declare: usage: declare [-afFirtx] [-p] [name[=value] ...]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 6:09 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 2/22/22 5:16 PM, write2mark1@gmail.com wrote:
> > for the past few weeks this error has been showing up everytime i open
> > kitty ; do you see such errors if so is there a bash fix for this as bash
> > seems to be throwing said error thanks
>
> You're using /bin/bash on macOS; that version is so old that it doesn't
> have associative arrays. Use your favorite package manager to install a
> current version and use that instead.
>
> Chet
>
>
> --
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> Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
>