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No matter what chmod command I run, I am always getting

chmod: illegal option -- - usage: chmod [-fhv] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-a | +a | =a [i][# [ n]]] mode|entry file ... chmod [-fhv] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-E | -C | -N | -i | -I] file ...

I am on macOS Sierra and I get the same issue on both "Terminal" as well as "iTerm2".

I have also been able to use chmod without issues on this machine in the past 2 years.

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    Do you have chmod aliased to something? what does type chmod say? Commented Oct 16, 2019 at 16:27
  • @steeldriver chmod is aliased to `chmod --preserve-root' Commented Oct 17, 2019 at 8:00
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    So this is possibly related: Why does my ls --help not work? - I don't think OSX chmod supports long options such as --preserve-root Commented Oct 17, 2019 at 11:37
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    that was it! perfect. thanks. Can u pls add this as an answer so i can accept. Commented Oct 17, 2019 at 12:53

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