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TL\/DR; Make sure your bash or shell program is up to date, with something like brew install bash. Especially if you are on a Mac, and have updated the OS recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you see this error: local: -A: invalid option<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of things that may be triggering this. For me, it was an asdf<\/code> install of an plugin for a new version of Node.js. Or in a nutshell, an issue trying to update my version of node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I did some digging into the line of a node install util, I found there was a bash script that as calling something using an -A<\/code> option in lib\/utils.sh: line 35: local: -A: invalid option<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was curious why -A<\/code> would not work, and when I issued the command bash --version,<\/code> from my shell it was a version from 2007! I can’t believe I have gotten away with using a 2007 shell for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Mac OS versions use zsh\/the Z shell, and one option is to use this. I did not heed Mac’s warning: The default interactive shell is now zsh<\/code> … See: https:\/\/apple.stackexchange.com\/questions\/371997\/suppressing-the-default-interactive-shell-is-now-zsh-message-in-macos-catalina<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I use a lot of bash aliases, I was a bit wary of switching to the z shell, so I just made sure to install an updated version of bash using homebrew. I plan on looking into the Z shell sometime soon and maybe maybe the switch. It appears there are some niceties to zsh vs bash. There are some great resources on making the switch, my favorite being: https:\/\/carlosroso.com\/the-right-way-to-migrate-your-bash-profile-to-zsh\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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