macOS: iTerm2: repetitive: “npx: --shell-auto-fallback removed”

Question

macOS iTerm2 is stuck repetitively printing out errors, thereby this shell is inaccessible to correct any problems.

Problem Details:

I did a brew cleanup and something got messed up, and iTerm2 is now repetitively displaying...

Last login: Sun Feb  7 19:27:56 on ttys000
npx: the --shell-auto-fallback argument has been removed.
See `npm help exec` for more information
npx: the --shell-auto-fallback argument has been removed.
See `npm help exec` for more information
npx: the --shell-auto-fallback argument has been removed.
See `npm help exec` for more information
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Environment Details:

• Laptop is macOS (Mojave 10.14.6)
• Terminal is iTerm2 3.2.9 app
• Code primarily in node
• Default shell is zsh .

Resolution Attempts:

I came across the recent StackOverflow: npx: the shell-auto-fallback argument has been removed

However, this will not help because I am unable to key in anything while this is perpetually printing.

I tried overriding shell in iTerm2 to stop using zsh and instead use bash , but that did not help either:

Help!

I am out of ideas. Any suggestions will be helpful. Thank you.

Answer 1

Too much was messed up.

• Restored macOS
• Reinstalled brew
• Reinstalled everything zsh
• Reinstalled everything node

Now everything is good.

IMPORTANT: Have a Time Machine backup, I did not. That would have saved me a lot of work