Can't Open on MAC

[Paul Carini]

Hey, I hate to keep bothering you.  My Terminal window does not have a prompt or flashing cursor.  If I double click at the end of the second line, a blue line, like a text block, appears.  If I hit return, it duplicates the last line, so it looks like this:

Last login: Tue May  5 16:55:13 on ttys001
paul-carinis-macbook-2:~ pcarini$ 
paul-carinis-macbook-2:~ pcarini$ 

If I double click below the existing text, and copy in your phrase hoping it will appear as a separate line, it instead adds the phrase to the end of the existing second line, looking like this:

Last login: Tue May  5 16:58:08 on ttys000
paul-carinis-macbook-2:~ pcarini$  /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash --debug --logto=stderr 

My Terminal window, before I attempt any changes, has a cylindrical "tower" at the end of the second line which does not show up when I copy and paste the contents.  This black quarter inch tower is where I have placed a red X on the copy below.  (I don't know if this has any significance or is interfering with my trying to follow your instructions.)

> Last login: Tue May  5 17:00:03 on ttys000
> paul-carinis-macbook-2:~ pcarini$ X
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Sorry, this is the best I can explain what is going on.  Very frustrating!  thanks again for your patience.

Paul
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On May 5, 2015, at 4:18 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

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>> On May 5, 2015, at 12:20 PM, Paul Carini <paulcarini at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> I opened Terminal but did get a prompt.  The File menu is labeled Shell.  A window opened "pcarini-bash-80x24.  I typed into the window the phrase you send verbatim.  Nothing else happened.  Here is what that window now shows:
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>> Last login: Tue May  5 15:09:47 on ttys000
>> paul-carinis-macbook-2:~ pcarini$  /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash --debug --logto=stderr I 
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> You need to press the “return” key at the end of the line, just like when typing on a typewriter.
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> Regards,
> John Ralls
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