How to make terminal start quite fresh?

Question

In one of my previous sessions using terminal, I typed ^D by mistake.
And now every time I start the terminal, there's this:

^D: command not found

What should I do?

I have used the command clear several times, but every time I start the terminal, that line appears again.

Check your `~/.bashrc` - it probably has the `^D`. Delete it — waltinator, Sep 04 '18 at 14:59

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 04 '18 at 16:49

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$ cat >> ~/.bash_aliases
alias vpn='/opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpn'
alias vpnui='/opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpnui'
^D

So the non existing command ^D was written in my ~/.bash_aliases file which is run every time I open the terminal.

To solve the problem, type:

nano ~/.bash_aliases

and delete the command ^D

edited Sep 04 '18 at 16:49

αғsнιη

answered Sep 04 '18 at 16:19

Sepideh Abadpour

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If you weren't aware, the `^D` is [caret notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_notation) for End Of Transmission (U+4), which indicates an [end-of-file (EOF)](https://askubuntu.com/q/724990/301745). – wjandrea Sep 04 '18 at 16:43
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FYI, the author probably intended you to type `CTRL+D` rather than literal `^D` – steeldriver Sep 04 '18 at 16:43

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