Cursor can't run terminal commands

[Adam_Fletcher]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

–: eval: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)’
–: eval: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
–: dump_bash_state: command not found

Steps to Reproduce

Launch cursor, ask it to do some work requiring terminal commands, and get:
–: eval: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)’
–: eval: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
–: dump_bash_state: command not found

Expected Behavior

The commands work.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.64
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 25412918da7e74b2686b25d62da1f01cfcd27680
Date: 2025-11-06T04:35:14.424Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

I tried composer-1, gpt-5, sonnet 4.5

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[Artemonim]

Try to use the Legacy Terminal settings option

[Adam_Fletcher]

Thanks, this work! Still seems like a cursor bug, tho.

[Artemonim]

Whole new terminal is the bug