.bash_PROFILE: No such file or directory in Mac terminal

Question

When I open my terminal, I get the errors below and can't type new commands. Shutting down and restarting my Mac did not fix the problem. How can I fix this?

-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/HabibAlejalil/.bash-PROFILE: No such file or directory

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Answer 1

You need to find out, which file tries to access .bash-PROFILE. Of course you can grep the usual suspects (.profile, .bashrc, .bash_profile etc.), but this does not guarantee that it will show up. If it doesn't, you should produce a trace of what is being performed:

I would first try to open a bash subshell by

bash -li

and look whether the error message shows up again. If it does (likely, but not for sure), repeat this test with

bash -lix

which will show you the culprit. If bash -li does not show the error, I would put a set -x at the beginning of /etc/profile and your ~/.bashrc and open a new terminal.