My terminal loads with junk text. How can I remove this?

Abdulla Nishan

2/16/23, 9:07 AM

declare -x SHLVL="1"
declare -x SSH_AGENT_PID="1411"
declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh"
declare -x TERM="xterm-256color"
declare -x USER="nishan"
declare -x VTE_VERSION="6003"
declare -x WINDOWID="71303171"
declare -x XAUTHORITY="/home/nishan/.Xauthority"
declare -x XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu:/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg"
declare -x XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="XFCE"
declare -x XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share/xubuntu:/usr/share/xfce4:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop:/usr/share"
declare -x XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR="/var/lib/lightdm-data/nishan"
declare -x XDG_MENU_PREFIX="xfce-"
declare -x XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/run/user/1000"
declare -x XDG_SEAT="seat0"
declare -x XDG_SEAT_PATH="/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_CLASS="user"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP="xubuntu"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_ID="c2"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_PATH="/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0"
declare -x XDG_SESSION_TYPE="x11"
declare -x XDG_VTNR="7"

I am using Xubuntu 20.04 LTS version, freshly installed and updated. Since a recent update, every time I open terminal this text appears inside. I have to clear it using the clear command. I want to get rid of this as it's very annoying.

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BeastOfCaerbannog

2/16/23, 10:21 AM

Does this happen when you open a new terminal? Please [edit] your question and add the content of your `~/.bashrc` file.

steeldriver

2/16/23, 12:49 PM

... possibly a malformed `export` command

pLumo

2/17/23, 4:09 PM

Please edit your question and add the output of: `grep -n declare ~/.bashrc ~/.profile`

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Abdulla Nishan

2/20/23, 12:21 PM

I got the answer from How do I restore .bashrc to its default?

Make a copy of current bashrc file

/bin/cp ~/.bashrc ~/my_bashrc

Copy system default bashrc

/bin/cp /etc/skel/.bashrc ~/

Tell system to use copied bashrc file immediately

. ~/.bashrc

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Lorenz Keel

2/20/23, 3:26 PM

I suggest you to compare the old and the new `.bashrc` file to understand if the differences may be the cause of the issue you had.

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EN: My terminal loads with junk text. How can I remove this?

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RO: Terminalul meu se încarcă cu text nedorit. Cum pot elimina asta?

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